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Monkeys, Myths, and Molecules

Separating Fact from Fiction, and the Science of Everyday Life

by Dr. Joe Schwarcz ...

Narrated by Garrett Goodison ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

A healthy dose of scientific skepticism in the information age, from bestselling author Dr. Joe SchwarzThe internet is a powerful beast; no matter what question you may have, the answer is just a few keystrokes away. But with so many sources available, and so many conflicting answers, how do you know what information is reliable? In Monkeys, Myths, and Molecules, Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes a critical ... Read more

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A healthy dose of scientific skepticism in the information age, from bestselling author Dr. Joe SchwarzThe internet is a powerful beast; no matter what question you may have, the answer is just a few keystrokes away. But with so many sources available, and so many conflicting answers, how do you know what information is reliable? In Monkeys, Myths, and Molecules, Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes a critical
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Is That a Fact?

Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life

by Dr. Joe Schwarcz ...

Narrated by Garrett Goodison ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes on the quacks and doles out the facts in this eye-opening look at the science around usEat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what’s best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz ... Read more

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Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes on the quacks and doles out the facts in this eye-opening look at the science around usEat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what’s best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz
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Decoding the World

by Po Bronson, Arvind Gupta ...

Narrated by Po Bronson, Arvind Gupta ...

Unabridged

11 hours 18 min

A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta, venture capitalists from Silicon Valley, take everyday news headlines and decode them, leading us on a journey through their unique and highly entertaining view of the world. Each chapter is prefaced with a real-world headline from today's chaotic news cycle: Dying bees. Rogue ... Read more

$42.99 AUD

A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta, venture capitalists from Silicon Valley, take everyday news headlines and decode them, leading us on a journey through their unique and highly entertaining view of the world. Each chapter is prefaced with a real-world headline from today's chaotic news cycle: Dying bees. Rogue
... Read more
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Make, Think, Imagine

Engineering the Future of Civilisation

by John Browne ...

Narrated by Kris Dyer ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

An impassioned defence of progress and innovation and an argument for social responsibility from engineer, business leader and former CEO of BP Lord John Browne. Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our privacy and fed us with false information? Are the decisions about our health, security and ... Read more

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An impassioned defence of progress and innovation and an argument for social responsibility from engineer, business leader and former CEO of BP Lord John Browne. Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our privacy and fed us with false information? Are the decisions about our health, security and
... Read more
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Die Wirklichkeit ist auch nicht wahr

Die faszinierende Physik der Sinne – und wie sie unsere Wahrnehmung bestimmt

by Florian Aigner ...

Narrated by Michael J. Diekmann ...

Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

Warum fühlt sich im Sommer eine Metallplatte viel heißer an als eine Holzplatte – auch wenn beide dieselbe Temperatur haben? Warum nehmen Fledermäuse Töne wahr, wo für uns alles still ist? Und ist das Rot, das ich sehe, dasselbe Rot, wie du es siehst? In unserem Kopf ist die Welt bunt, warm, laut oder wohlgeordnet – aber ist sie das auch wirklich? Bestsellerautor Florian Aigner entführt uns in ... Read more

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Warum fühlt sich im Sommer eine Metallplatte viel heißer an als eine Holzplatte – auch wenn beide dieselbe Temperatur haben? Warum nehmen Fledermäuse Töne wahr, wo für uns alles still ist? Und ist das Rot, das ich sehe, dasselbe Rot, wie du es siehst? In unserem Kopf ist die Welt bunt, warm, laut oder wohlgeordnet – aber ist sie das auch wirklich? Bestsellerautor Florian Aigner entführt uns in
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Ten Short Lessons in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

by Peter J. Bentley ...

Narrated by David Vickery ...

Unabridged

3 hours 18 min

Leading computer science expert Professor Peter J. Bentley breaks down the fast-moving world of computers in the time of automata into ten pivotal lessons.In Ten Short Lessons in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, leading expert Professor Peter J. Bentley breaks down the fast-moving world of computers in the time of automata into ten pivotal lessons, presenting the reader with the essential ... Read more

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Leading computer science expert Professor Peter J. Bentley breaks down the fast-moving world of computers in the time of automata into ten pivotal lessons.In Ten Short Lessons in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, leading expert Professor Peter J. Bentley breaks down the fast-moving world of computers in the time of automata into ten pivotal lessons, presenting the reader with the essential
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On Rumours

How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done

by Cass R. Sunstein ...

Narrated by William Hope ...

Unabridged

2 hours 59 min

Rumours are as old as human history, but with the rise of the internet it's now possible to spread stories about anyone, anywhere, instantly. In the 2008 US election many Americans believed Barack Obama was a Muslim. The conspiracy theory book 9/11: The Big Lie has become a bestseller. Hearsay has fuelled economic boom and bust - so much so that in many places it's now a crime to circulate false ... Read more

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Rumours are as old as human history, but with the rise of the internet it's now possible to spread stories about anyone, anywhere, instantly. In the 2008 US election many Americans believed Barack Obama was a Muslim. The conspiracy theory book 9/11: The Big Lie has become a bestseller. Hearsay has fuelled economic boom and bust - so much so that in many places it's now a crime to circulate false
... Read more
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Starry Messenger

Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation

by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 17 min

Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time–war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism–in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.In a time when our political and cultural perspectives feel more divisive than ... Read more

$34.99 AUD

Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time–war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism–in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.In a time when our political and cultural perspectives feel more divisive than
... Read more
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Биология и медицина. Загадки познания

by Александр Волков ...

Narrated by Всеволод Кузнецов ...

Series series Время. События. Люди
Unabridged

5 hours 16 min

Порой прописные истины, в которые верили на протяжении десятилетий, оказываются напрочь неверны. Яркий пример тому являет психология. Здесь смутные догадки легко находят себе подтверждение, а факты вписываются в выстроенную вами гипотезу. Обремененная ими она становится теорией. Ее воспринимают как непререкаемую правду. Она с легкостью интерпретирует любые человеческие поступки. Она превращается в ... Read more

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Порой прописные истины, в которые верили на протяжении десятилетий, оказываются напрочь неверны. Яркий пример тому являет психология. Здесь смутные догадки легко находят себе подтверждение, а факты вписываются в выстроенную вами гипотезу. Обремененная ими она становится теорией. Ее воспринимают как непререкаемую правду. Она с легкостью интерпретирует любые человеческие поступки. Она превращается в
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America Robotization Plan

Plan for Doubling the American National GDP by Adding AI and Robots to the American National Economy

by Allen Young ...

Narrated by Allen Young ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Robocentric Transhumanism Advancement Foundation Series
Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

Robocentric, the transhumanistic American high-tech corporation founded and managed by Allen Young, the transhumanistic Asian-American man, aims to double America's national GDP by adding its ubiquitous and pervasive AI and robotics technology products to the American national economy, and forming strategic partnerships.This book presents Robocentric's strategic foundations and high-level ... Read more

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Robocentric, the transhumanistic American high-tech corporation founded and managed by Allen Young, the transhumanistic Asian-American man, aims to double America's national GDP by adding its ubiquitous and pervasive AI and robotics technology products to the American national economy, and forming strategic partnerships.This book presents Robocentric's strategic foundations and high-level
... Read more
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Human Psychology and Language Analysis

For Advancing Linguistic Artificial Intelligence

by Allen Young ...

Narrated by Allen Young ...

Series Audiobook 6 - The Robocentric Transhumanism Advancement Foundation Series
Unabridged

40 min

Humans use their languages to communicate for their successes in the survival, social, economic, sexual, political, competitive, collaborative, creative, and procreative human endeavors.In this book, Allen Young, the transhumanistic Asian-American man, specifies how the psychological human linguistic capabilities should be used in advancing linguistic artificial intelligence. ... Read more

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Humans use their languages to communicate for their successes in the survival, social, economic, sexual, political, competitive, collaborative, creative, and procreative human endeavors.In this book, Allen Young, the transhumanistic Asian-American man, specifies how the psychological human linguistic capabilities should be used in advancing linguistic artificial intelligence.
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Liquid Rules

The Delightful & Dangerous Substances that Flow Through Our Lives

by Mark Miodownik ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

7 hours 16 min

A Physics Today Best Book of 2019Finalist for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, and always fascinating: the New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Matters offers an "entertaining discussion of the various ways our lives are enriched by fluids” (The Wall Street Journal).We know that we need water to survive, and ... Read more

$30.99 AUD

A Physics Today Best Book of 2019Finalist for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, and always fascinating: the New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Matters offers an "entertaining discussion of the various ways our lives are enriched by fluids” (The Wall Street Journal).We know that we need water to survive, and
... Read more
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Если кто-то его создаст – все погибнут. Почему сверхчеловеческий ИИ уничтожит нас всех

by Элиезер Юдковский, Нейт Соарс ...

Narrated by Вадим Прохоров ...

Series series Corpus.
Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

Почему искусственный сверхинтеллект уничтожит человечество? И можно ли это предотвратить? В 2023 году сотни видных деятелей в области искусственного интеллекта подписали открытое письмо, предупреждающее о серьезной угрозе для человечества. Но компании и страны все равно спешат создать машины умнее человека. И мир совершенно не готов к тому, что произойдет дальше. Несколько десятилетий двое ... Read more

$19.99 AUD

Почему искусственный сверхинтеллект уничтожит человечество? И можно ли это предотвратить? В 2023 году сотни видных деятелей в области искусственного интеллекта подписали открытое письмо, предупреждающее о серьезной угрозе для человечества. Но компании и страны все равно спешат создать машины умнее человека. И мир совершенно не готов к тому, что произойдет дальше. Несколько десятилетий двое
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Why We Remember

Revealing the Hidden Power of Memory

by Charan Ranganath ...

Narrated by Charan Ranganath, Mark Deakins, Robin Ince ...

Unabridged

6 hours 24 min

EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIAL: Stay to the end to hear a conversation between the author and Robin Ince, recorded exclusively for this audiobookDid you know that memory is much more than a record of the past ? Or that forgetting is essential? Or that every time you recall a memory you update it?Combining fascinating tales of the peculiarities of memory as well as cutting-edge science, Dr Ranganath ... Read more

$46.99 AUD

EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIAL: Stay to the end to hear a conversation between the author and Robin Ince, recorded exclusively for this audiobookDid you know that memory is much more than a record of the past ? Or that forgetting is essential? Or that every time you recall a memory you update it?Combining fascinating tales of the peculiarities of memory as well as cutting-edge science, Dr Ranganath
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Attention Vous êtes peut-être le robot d'une IA

by Eric Giegelmann ...

Narrated by Voix Numérique Florian G ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Technologie, IA et futur
Unabridged

4 hours 13 min

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Ce livre est une invitation à réfléchir profondément sur notre place dans un monde façonné par l’intelligence artificielle. À travers ces pages, j’espère avoir éveillé en vous une curiosité, une inquiétude, mais surtout une prise de conscience sur l’influence grandissante des technologies dans nos vies.Nous sommes à un tournant de l’histoire humaine, ... Read more

$3.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique.Ce livre est une invitation à réfléchir profondément sur notre place dans un monde façonné par l’intelligence artificielle. À travers ces pages, j’espère avoir éveillé en vous une curiosité, une inquiétude, mais surtout une prise de conscience sur l’influence grandissante des technologies dans nos vies.Nous sommes à un tournant de l’histoire humaine,
... Read more
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Escape from Model Land

How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It

by Erica Thompson ...

Narrated by Kirsty Dillon ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

How do mathematical models shape our world - and how can we harness their power for good?Models are at the centre of everything we do. Whether we use them or are simply affected by them, they act as metaphors that help us better understand the increasingly complex problems facing us in the modern world. Without models, we couldn't begin to tackle three of the major challenges facing modern society ... Read more

$39.99 AUD

How do mathematical models shape our world - and how can we harness their power for good?Models are at the centre of everything we do. Whether we use them or are simply affected by them, they act as metaphors that help us better understand the increasingly complex problems facing us in the modern world. Without models, we couldn't begin to tackle three of the major challenges facing modern society
... Read more
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Human Creativity Analysis

For Advancing Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

by Allen Young ...

Narrated by Allen Young ...

Series Audiobook 5 - The Robocentric Transhumanism Advancement Foundation Series
Unabridged

33 min

'How do humans create?''How does the human creativity work?'This book answers the most important questions in how the human creativity works, for advancing artificial intelligence and robotics that will heighten and exponentially increase human creativity on Earth and in outer space. ... Read more

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'How do humans create?''How does the human creativity work?'This book answers the most important questions in how the human creativity works, for advancing artificial intelligence and robotics that will heighten and exponentially increase human creativity on Earth and in outer space.
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Песнь клетки. Медицинские исследования и новый человек

by Сиддхартха Мукерджи ...

Narrated by Илья Дементьев ...

Series series Элементы 2.0
Unabridged

17 hours

Онколог Сиддхартха Мукерджи наглядно, живым языком и при помощи доступных метафор объясняет невероятную сложность клеточных взаимодействий в организме, рассказывает об истории медицины и об эволюции восприятия человеческого тела в науке: от целостного конструкта к "зданию", собранному из бессчетного множества отдельных и независимых "кирпичиков", и к сложной системе, рожденной из плотного ... Read more

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Онколог Сиддхартха Мукерджи наглядно, живым языком и при помощи доступных метафор объясняет невероятную сложность клеточных взаимодействий в организме, рассказывает об истории медицины и об эволюции восприятия человеческого тела в науке: от целостного конструкта к "зданию", собранному из бессчетного множества отдельных и независимых "кирпичиков", и к сложной системе, рожденной из плотного
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It's a Gas

The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand Our World

by Prof. Mark Miodownik ...

Narrated by Daniel Weyman ...

Unabridged

6 hours 50 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.The secret life of gases - the strange, elusive and fascinating substances that shape our world, from the author of the best-selling, prize-winning Stuff Matters**Why are most gases invisible, odourless and tasteless? Why do some poison us and others make us laugh? And why do some power our engines while others make drinks fizzy? In It's a Gas*, Mark Miodownik ... Read more

$26.99 AUD

**Brought to you by Penguin.The secret life of gases - the strange, elusive and fascinating substances that shape our world, from the author of the best-selling, prize-winning Stuff Matters**Why are most gases invisible, odourless and tasteless? Why do some poison us and others make us laugh? And why do some power our engines while others make drinks fizzy? In It's a Gas*, Mark Miodownik
... Read more
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Unberechenbar: Das Leben ist mehr als eine Gleichung

by Harald Lesch, Thomas Schwartz ...

Narrated by Clemens Benke ...

Unabridged

4 hours 19 min

Gibt es eine perfekte Gesellschaft? Nein. Aber in welcher Gesellschaft wollen wir leben – vor allem, wenn es schwierig wird? Helfen da Physik, Mathematik oder die Wirtschaft? Harald Lesch und Thomas Schwartz analysieren mit Scharfsinn und Witz, welche Missstände und Fehlentwicklungen uns beschäftigen. Viel wichtiger aber: Sie begnügen sich nicht mit Krisen-Gejammer, sie wollen mehr. Ihre Schlüsse ... Read more

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Gibt es eine perfekte Gesellschaft? Nein. Aber in welcher Gesellschaft wollen wir leben – vor allem, wenn es schwierig wird? Helfen da Physik, Mathematik oder die Wirtschaft? Harald Lesch und Thomas Schwartz analysieren mit Scharfsinn und Witz, welche Missstände und Fehlentwicklungen uns beschäftigen. Viel wichtiger aber: Sie begnügen sich nicht mit Krisen-Gejammer, sie wollen mehr. Ihre Schlüsse
... Read more
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Together We Rise

Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

by The Women's March Organizers2, Condé Nast4 ...

Narrated by Ashley Judd, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Melanie L. Campbell, Judith LeBlanc, Cindi Leive, Ai-jen Poo, Robin Miles, January LaVoy, Therese Plummer, James Fouhey, Jia Angeli Carla Tolentino0, Aisha Al-Adawiya1, The Women's March Organizers3 ...

Unabridged

5 hours 49 min

An audiobook for the ages featuring the voices of Women's March Organizers, as well as Ashley Judd, Jia Tolentino, Cindi Leive, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sister Aisha Al-Adawiya, Melanie Campbell, Judith LeBlanc, Ai-Jen Poo, Robin Miles, January LaVoy, Thérèse Plummer, and James Fouhey.In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Women’s March, this oral history offers an unprecedented, front-row ... Read more

$35.99 AUD

An audiobook for the ages featuring the voices of Women's March Organizers, as well as Ashley Judd, Jia Tolentino, Cindi Leive, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sister Aisha Al-Adawiya, Melanie Campbell, Judith LeBlanc, Ai-Jen Poo, Robin Miles, January LaVoy, Thérèse Plummer, and James Fouhey.In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Women’s March, this oral history offers an unprecedented, front-row
... Read more
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Maskiner der tænker

by Inga Strümke ...

Narrated by Jesper Platz ...

Unabridged

9 hours 36 min

Selvom det føles nyt, kan videnskaben om kunstig intelligens spores tilbage til 1956. I bogens første del gennemgår Strümke historien om kunstig intelligens – en historie fuld af mærkelige anekdoter og sjove historier.Udviklingen i de senere år betyder, at StrChatbotten ChatGPT er på kort tid blevet et populært redskab verden over. Teknologien har taget et kvantespring. Men hvad sker der, når ... Read more

$53.99 AUD

Selvom det føles nyt, kan videnskaben om kunstig intelligens spores tilbage til 1956. I bogens første del gennemgår Strümke historien om kunstig intelligens – en historie fuld af mærkelige anekdoter og sjove historier.Udviklingen i de senere år betyder, at StrChatbotten ChatGPT er på kort tid blevet et populært redskab verden over. Teknologien har taget et kvantespring. Men hvad sker der, når
... Read more
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Biomimetics

How Lessons From Nature Can Transform Technology

by Brian Clegg ...

Narrated by Mark Peachey ...

Unabridged

4 hours 48 min

An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.Biomimetics literally means emulating biology - and in a broader sense the term covers technological advances where the original inspiration came from nature. The Earth is a vast laboratory where the mechanisms of natural selection have enabled evolutionary solutions to be developed to ... Read more

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An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.Biomimetics literally means emulating biology - and in a broader sense the term covers technological advances where the original inspiration came from nature. The Earth is a vast laboratory where the mechanisms of natural selection have enabled evolutionary solutions to be developed to
... Read more
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Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall

by ALFRED MARSHALL ...

Narrated by KERSTIN LOPEGA ...

Unabridged

4 hours 51 min

The principles of economics are the foundational concepts that explain how people, businesses, and governments manage scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. Most modern introductions, such as the one found in Gregory Mankiw's Principles of Economics, categorize these ideas into three main levels of analysis. ... Read more

$31.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

The principles of economics are the foundational concepts that explain how people, businesses, and governments manage scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. Most modern introductions, such as the one found in Gregory Mankiw's Principles of Economics, categorize these ideas into three main levels of analysis.
... Read more

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