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Material Science Audiobooks

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    How the World Really Works

    A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Narrated by Stephen Perring ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 8 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Stuff Matters

    The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World

    by Mark Miodownik ...
    Narrated by Daniel Weyman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 53 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik, read by Daniel Weyman.A unique and inspiring exploration of human creativity from one of the UK's best-known scientistsEverything is made of something...From the everyday objects in our homes to the most extraordinary new materials that will shape our future, Stuff Matters reveals the inner workings of the man-made world, ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Liquid

    The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives

    by Mark Miodownik ...
    Narrated by Daniel Weyman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 49 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Liquid by Mark Miodownik.A series of glasses of transparent liquids is in front of you: but which will quench your thirst and which will kill you? And why? Why does one liquid make us drunk, and another power a jumbo jet?Sometimes dangerous, often delightful, and always fascinating, discover the secret lives of liquids, from one of our best-known ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Numbers Don't Lie

    71 Things You Need to Know About the World

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Narrated by Stephen Perring ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 45 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy?From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Sky Vault

    The Comet Cycle Book 3

    by Benjamin Percy ...
    Audiobook 2 - The Comet Cycle

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    The third and final book in Percy's innovative and acclaimed Comet Cycle, The Sky Vault follows the aftermath of an airplane that goes missing over Fairbanks, Alaska, in the wake of the comet, and a teenager's search for answers about his father's final moments aboard the flight.The comet, Cain, came from beyond our solar system, its debris containing elements unknown. It brought a powerful new ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Plastics

    Good or Bad?

    by Seeker ...
    Narrated by Trace Dominguez, Julian Huguet, Amanda Deisler, Olivia Pavco-Giaccia ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 3 min

    From food packaging to toys, plastic has become an integral part of society, but what is it doing to our planet? Are we able to make alternatives or cut out plastic altogether? Listen in to this best of collection from Seeker as they take you through the crazy laboratory accident that helped create plastic, the scientists who are creating infinitely recyclable plastic, and what the world would ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Reassembler

    by James May ...
    Narrated by James May ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 5 min

    From the humble garden lawnmower to the ear-splitting electric guitar, James May returns with a typically wacky account of what makes these great machines work, one piece at a time.Reassembly is merely a form of therapy; something that stimulates a part of my brain that is left wanting in my daily life. When I rebuild a bicycle, I re-order my head. So might you...I'm delighted that you will be ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Ninth Metal

    The Comet Cycle Book 1

    by Benjamin Percy ...
    Narrated by Julia Whelan ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Comet Cycle

    Unabridged

    10 hours 15 min

    From award-winning author Benjamin Percy comes an explosive, breakout speculative thriller in which a powerful new metal arrives on Earth in the wake of a meteor shower, triggering a massive new 'gold rush' in the Midwest and turning life as we know it on its head. The first of a cycle of novels set in a shared universe.It might have been the end of days. Instead it was the beginning of something ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    What Every Engineer Should Know About Career Management

    by Mike Ficco, Philip Laplante ...
    Narrated by Russell Bentley ...
    series What Every Engineer Should Know

    Unabridged

    13 hours 57 min

    Employs a relaxed style that relies on anecdotes and makes suggestions without preachingFocuses on career management, and the accompanying importance of human and social interactions in the officeDiscusses the human aspect of engineering projects, product development, schedules, budgets, and related topicsLooks at the interaction of engineers and managers working on projects in a corporate ... Read more

    $93.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Science of Bling, The

    by Seeker ...
    Narrated by Trace Dominguez, Amanda Deisler, Julian Huguet, Maren Hunsberger ...

    Unabridged

    55 min

    Diamonds are forever, right? Well…sort of. From precious minerals to the gold in your electronics, Seeker explores the science of all things diamonds, gold and more in this new curated collection, available in audio for the first time. ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Blacksmithing

    Ultimate Blacksmithing Beginners Guide. Easy and Useful DIY Step-by-Step Blacksmithing Projects for the New Enthusiastic Blacksmith, along with Mastering Great Designs and Techniques

    by Les Steel ...
    Narrated by Jim Johnston ...
    Audiobook 2 - Men At Work

    Unabridged

    1 hour 16 min

    Start Your Journey Towards Becoming A Modern Age Blacksmith Today!Prehistoric humans constructed the earliest tools from twigs, branches, and different types of rock. One of the most well-known types of prehistoric stone tool is the hand axe, with which ancient humans could cut food and other items into smaller pieces. Hand axes were used to dig for tubers to eat, or water to drink; and they were ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Material World

    A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

    by Ed Conway ...

    Unabridged

    Brought to you by Penguin.'A compelling narrative of the human story'Tim Marshall, author of Prisoners of GeographySand, iron, salt, oil, copper and lithium.The struggle for these tiny, magical materials has razed empires, demolished civilizations, fed our greed and our ingenuity for thousands of years. But the story is not over. We are often told we now live in a weightless world of information ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Jal Thal Mal

    by Sopan Joshi, Sopan Joshi ...
    Narrated by Mangatram ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 41 min

    शौचालय का होना या न होना भर इस किताब का विषय नहीं है| यह तो केवल एक छोटी सी कड़ी है, शुचिता के तिकोने विचार में| इस त्रिकोण का अगर एक कोना है पानी, तो दूसरा है मिटटी, और तीसरा है हमारा शरीर| जल, थल और मल| पृथ्वी को बचाने की बात तो एकदम नहीं है| मनुष्य की जात को खुद अपने को बचाना है, अपने आप ही से| पुराना किस्सा बताता है की समुद्र मंथन से विष भी निकलता है और अमृत भी| यह धरती पर भी लागू होता है| हम ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Nano Comes to Life

    How Nanotechnology is Transforming Medicine and the Future of Biology

    by Sonia Contera ...
    Narrated by Andrea Gallo ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 41 min

    The nanotechnology revolution that will transform human health and longevity Nano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscale?the infinitesimal realm of proteins and DNA where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet?and introduces readers to the rapidly evolving nanotechnologies that are allowing us to manipulate the very building blocks of life. Sonia Contera gives an insider's ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Things Fall Together

    A Guide to the New Materials Revolution

    by Skylar Tibbits ...
    Narrated by Christopher Ragland ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 6 min

    This audiobook narrated by Christopher Ragland delivers a manifesto for the dawning age of active materialsThings in life tend to fall apart. Cars break down. Buildings fall into disrepair. Personal items deteriorate. Yet today's researchers are exploiting newly understood properties of matter to program materials that physically sense, adapt, and fall together instead of apart. These materials ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    It's a Gas

    The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand Our World

    by Mark Miodownik ...

    Unabridged

    **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?Gases illuminate the gap between ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Unfamiliar Garden

    The Comet Cycle Book 2

    by Benjamin Percy ...
    Narrated by Mela Lee, Will Collyer ...
    Audiobook 2 - The Comet Cycle

    Unabridged

    7 hours 15 min

    From award-winning author Benjamin Percy comes the second novel in his grippingly original sci-fi series, The Comet Cycle, in which a passing comet has caused irreversible change to the growth of fungi, spawning a dangerous, invasive species in the Pacific Northwest that threatens to control the lives of humans and animals alike.It began with a comet. They called it Cain, a wandering star that ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial