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Astronomy Audiobooks

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    An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

    by Chris Hadfield ...
    Narrated by Chris Hadfield ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 45 min

    Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success – and survival – is an unconventional ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Planets

    by Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen ...
    Narrated by Samuel West ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 43 min

    ‘So staggering you go “whoa!” every few seconds’ Guardian‘Really impressive’ Eamonn Holmes, ITV This MorningA companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series.The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has never been seen before.Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun’s expanding power. Venus, once ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Order of Time

    by Carlo Rovelli ...
    Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 19 min

    Winner of Audiobook of the Year at The Specsavers National Book Awards 2018Penguin presents the audio edition of The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli, read by Benedict Cumberbatch.The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting journey to discover the meaning of timeTime is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have lon... ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

    by Simon Winchester ...
    Narrated by Simon Winchester ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 45 min

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.Precision is the key to everything. It is an integral, unchallenged and essential component of our modern social, mercantile, scientific, ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Forces of Nature

    by Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen ...
    Narrated by Samuel West ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 15 min

    Sunday Times BestsellerA breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions.How did life on Earth begin?What is the nature of space and time?What are the chances that we will discover life on other worlds?Forces of Nature takes you from the mid-Atlantic ridge in Iceland, the ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Human Universe

    by Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen ...
    Narrated by Samuel West ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 27 min

    Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ GuardianWhere are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future?Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live.Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extraordinary ... ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything

    from the Big Bang to Belly-button Fluff

    by New Scientist, Stephen Hawking, Graham Lawton ...
    Narrated by David Thorpe ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 36 min

    DOES ANYTHING EAT WASPS meets INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFUL: A journey through life, the universe and everything.From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, science is packed with surprising discoveries. Did you know, for instance, that if you were to get too close to a black hole it would suck you up like a noodle (it's called spaghettification), why your ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Letters from an Astrophysicist

    by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...
    Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 35 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Join the galactic conversation on the biggest issues in the universe‘Don't fear change. Don't fear failure. The only thing to fear is loss of ambition. But if you've got plenty of that, then you have nothing to fear at all’ – Neil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse Tyson is arguably the most influential, acclaimed scientist on the planet. As director of the Hayden Planetarium, ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Disordered Cosmos

    A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred

    by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ...
    Narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 56 min

    From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos—and a call for a more liberatory practice of science.A Finalist for the 2022 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardA Finalist for the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science & TechnologyA Smithsonian Magazine Best Science Book of 2021A Symmetry Magazine Top 10 Physics Book of 2021An Entropy ... Read more

    $55.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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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 or free with audiobook trial

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    Origins, Revised and Updated

    Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

    by Donald Goldsmith, Neil deGrasse Tyson ...
    Narrated by JD Jackson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 46 min

    Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and crosspollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. This revised and updated edition features such startling discoveries as the now more than 5,000 detected exoplanets that ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The End of Everything

    (Astrophysically Speaking)

    by Katie Mack ...
    Narrated by Katie Mack, Gabra Zackman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 21 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.We know the universe had a beginning. But what happens at the end of the story?With lively wit and wry humour, astrophysicist Katie Mack takes us on a mind-bending tour through each of the cosmos' possible finales: the Big Crunch, Heat Death, Vacuum Decay, the Big Rip and the Bounce. Guiding us through major concepts in quantum mechanics, cosmology, string theory and much ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    StarTalk

    Everything You Ever Need to Know about Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond

    by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles Liu, Jeffrey Lee Simons, Jesse Bickford ...
    Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lauren Fortgang, Luzma Ortiz, Kevin R. Free, various narrators ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 2 min

    For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has interpreted science with a combination of brainpower and charm that resonates with fans everywhere.This pioneering, provocative audiobook brings together the best of StarTalk, his beloved podcast and television show devoted to solving the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and what it means to be human. Filled with brilliant ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Milky Way

    An Autobiography of Our Galaxy

    by Moiya McTier ...
    Narrated by Moiya McTier ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 43 min

    Astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier channels The Milky Way in this approachable and utterly fascinating autobiography of the titular galaxy, detailing what humans have discovered about everything from its formation to its eventual death, and what more there is to learn about this galaxy we call home.After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    101 Amazing Facts about Space

    by Jack Goldstein ...
    Narrated by Charles King ...
    Audiobook 16 - 101 Amazing Facts

    Unabridged

    30 min

    Do you know the difference between a meteor and an asteroid? How old do we think the universe is? What are the fastest spinning objects of which we know? In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Charles King answers all these questions and more as he talks us through over one hundred amazing facts about space. Whether you have an interest in astronomy or just simply want to know more about our ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Limitless: The Autobiography

    The bestselling story of Britain’s inspirational astronaut

    by Tim Peake ...
    Narrated by Tim Peake ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 17 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.From the #1 bestselling author of Hello, is this Planet Earth? and Ask an Astronaut__________________'What surprised me was how entirely serene I felt. I was weightless, no forces exerting themselves on my body. To my left was the Space Station. Below me, gradually going into shadow, was the Earth. And over my right shoulder was the universe.'<... ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Calculating the Cosmos

    How Mathematics Unveils the Universe

    by Ian Stewart ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 39 min

    In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's all going to end. He considers parallel universes, the fine-tuning of the cosmos for life, what forms extraterrestrial ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Universe: The book of the BBC TV series presented by Professor Brian Cox

    by Andrew Cohen ...
    Narrated by Brian Cox, Jot Davies ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 32 min

    Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell.We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now discovered thousands of alien planets, and that’s barely a fraction of the worlds that are out there. And ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Future of Humanity

    Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond

    by Michio Kaku ...
    Narrated by Feodor Chin ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 22 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku, read by Feodor Chin.Human civilization is on the verge of spreading beyond Earth. More than a possibility, it is becoming a necessity: whether our hand is forced by climate change and resource depletion or whether future catastrophes compel us to abandon Earth, one day we will make our homes among the stars.World ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Colliding Worlds

    How Cosmic Encounters Shaped Planets and Life

    by Simone Marchi ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 17 min

    Some 4.6 billion years ago, a planetary system was born from a disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star. Specks of dust, pushed into dense clumps, collided, stuck together, and grew. While the gas disappeared, the growing bodies clashed in a final violent phase, leaving a series of planets, and much debris. The planets jostled and moved around as they sought a stable arrangement, knocking ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Chandra's Cosmos

    Dark Matter, Black Holes, and Other Wonders Revealed by NASA's Premier X-Ray Observatory

    by Wallace H. Tucker ...
    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 43 min

    On July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built, was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia. Since then, Chandra has given us a view of the universe that is largely hidden from telescopes sensitive only to visible light. In Chandra's Cosmos, Wallace H. Tucker uses a series of short, connected stories to describe the telescope's exploration of the ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Origins of the Universe

    by Pat Childs, Dr. Jack Arnold ...
    Narrated by Edwin Newman ...
    series The Science and Discovery Series

    Unabridged

    2 hours 38 min

    The story of the cosmos—its beginning and its changes through time—has been a topic of much speculation and myth. It also has attracted intense attention from scientists. There are many questions about the universe’s size, stability, growth, and its ultimate cause. This presentation also addresses such colorful cosmic topics as red shifts, white dwarfs, black holes, super strings, and the “big ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Case for Space

    How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility

    by Robert Zubrin ...
    Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 38 min

    A noted space expert explains the current revolution in spaceflight, where it leads, and why we need it. A new space race has begun. But the rivals in this case are not superpowers but competing entrepreneurs. These daring pioneers are creating a revolution in spaceflight that promises to transform the near future. Astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin spells out the potential of these new ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    El observador del Genesis. Del relato poetico a la explicacion cientifica

    La ciencia detras del relato de la cracion

    by Alberto Canen ...
    Narrated by Alberto Canen, Laura Diez ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 1 min

    7ma Edición. Incluye nuevos descubrimientos sobre polvo zodiacal interplanetario.El Génesis, los siete días, la Creación... ¿de dónde procede el texto que compone la primera parte de La Biblia?¿Es su texto sólo un poema introductorio... o es una narración?¿Que hay detrás de sus palabras?Alberto Canen ha encontrado un camino alternativo para dar respuestas a estas y a otras preguntas contenidas en ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial