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Einstein in Time and Space

A Life in 99 Particles

by Samuel Graydon ...

Narrated by George Reid ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

Walter Isaacson’s Einstein meets Craig Brown’s 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, in this engaging and innovative biography of the famous physicist told in ninety-nine dazzling vignettes.Most of us would agree that Albert Einstein’s name is synonymous with “genius” and that his likeness is often used as a shorthand for all scientists, appearing everywhere from cartoons to textbooks. He has become ... Read more

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Walter Isaacson’s Einstein meets Craig Brown’s 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, in this engaging and innovative biography of the famous physicist told in ninety-nine dazzling vignettes.Most of us would agree that Albert Einstein’s name is synonymous with “genius” and that his likeness is often used as a shorthand for all scientists, appearing everywhere from cartoons to textbooks. He has become
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Einstein

His Life and Universe

by Walter Isaacson ...

Narrated by Edward Herrmann ...

Unabridged

21 hours 31 min

Winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Biography/MemoirThe definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein. Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award–winning actor Geoffrey Rush as Einstein.How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how Einstein’s ... Read more

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Winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Biography/MemoirThe definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein. Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award–winning actor Geoffrey Rush as Einstein.How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how Einstein’s
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The God Equation

The Quest for a Theory of Everything

by Michio Kaku ...

Narrated by Feodor Chin ...

Unabridged

5 hours 30 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic story of the greatest quest in all of science—the holy grail of physics that would explain the creation of the universe—from renowned theoretical physicist and author of The Future of the Mind and The Future of Humanity.When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth. Since then, physicists have been ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic story of the greatest quest in all of science—the holy grail of physics that would explain the creation of the universe—from renowned theoretical physicist and author of The Future of the Mind and The Future of Humanity.When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth. Since then, physicists have been
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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

Space, Time, and Motion

by Sean Carroll ...

Narrated by Sean Carroll ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

"A porthole into another world."—Scientific AmericanThe most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science. Sean Carroll, with his genius for making complex notions entertaining, presents in his uniquely lucid voice the fundamental ideas informing the modern physics of reality ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

"A porthole into another world."—Scientific AmericanThe most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that has too long cloaked the most valuable building blocks of modern science. Sean Carroll, with his genius for making complex notions entertaining, presents in his uniquely lucid voice the fundamental ideas informing the modern physics of reality
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Existential Physics

A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions

by Sabine Hossenfelder ...

Narrated by Gina Daniels ...

Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human conditionNot only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a ... Read more

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A contrarian scientist wrestles with the big questions that modern physics raises, and what physics says about the human conditionNot only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a
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Gravity’s Century

From Einstein’s Eclipse to Images of Black Holes

by Ron Cowen ...

Narrated by John Patrick Walsh ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein’s general theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and the still unresolved place of gravity in quantum theory.Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919; yet that is when he ... Read more

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A sweeping account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein’s general theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and the still unresolved place of gravity in quantum theory.Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919; yet that is when he
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Einsteins Größe und Unverständlichkeit

Zwei Originalvorträge

by Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Ernst Peter Fischer, Harald Lesch ...

Narrated by Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Ernst Peter Fischer, Harald Lesch, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Ernst Peter Fischer, Harald Lesch ...

Series series O-Ton-Wissenschaft
Unabridged

1 hour 13 min

1 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Gedenkrede auf Albert Einstein anlässlich seines 80. Geburtstags Sendung: 07.06.1959, SWF Einsteins Ruhm ist zwischen Größe und Unverständlichkeit. Zwar ist er einer der wichtigsten Denker des Jahrhunderts und doch versteht kaum jemand, was er eigentlich gefunden hat. Einstein kann – in Funktion und Größe korrespondierend – als Gesprächspartner von Isaac Newton ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

1 | Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Gedenkrede auf Albert Einstein anlässlich seines 80. Geburtstags Sendung: 07.06.1959, SWF Einsteins Ruhm ist zwischen Größe und Unverständlichkeit. Zwar ist er einer der wichtigsten Denker des Jahrhunderts und doch versteht kaum jemand, was er eigentlich gefunden hat. Einstein kann – in Funktion und Größe korrespondierend – als Gesprächspartner von Isaac Newton
... Read more
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Fundamental

How quantum and particle physics explain absolutely everything (except gravity)

by Tim James ...

Narrated by Tim James ...

Unabridged

5 hours 1 min

Fundamental does for physics what Tim's first book, Elemental, does for chemistry: it demystifies the topic in his trademark humorous, engaging style, including the most recent developments in the field.At the start of the twentieth century, science appeared complete and the laws of nature were almost all discovered, but then we woke a sleeping giant - we discovered quantum mechanics.In the ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Fundamental does for physics what Tim's first book, Elemental, does for chemistry: it demystifies the topic in his trademark humorous, engaging style, including the most recent developments in the field.At the start of the twentieth century, science appeared complete and the laws of nature were almost all discovered, but then we woke a sleeping giant - we discovered quantum mechanics.In the
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Gravasterne - Die Alternative zu Schwarzen Löchern

Gravasterne könnten unser Verständnis des Universums verändern

by Wissen in Minuten ...

Narrated by Wissen in Minuten ...

Unabridged

10 min

Schwarze Löcher sind die extremsten Objekte des Kosmos – und trotzdem haben sie ein paar richtig unangenehme Probleme. Genau hier kommt eine verrückte Idee ins Spiel: Gravasterne. Sie könnten wie Schwarze Löcher aussehen, aber ohne einige der paradoxen Konsequenzen.In diesem kurzen Hörbuch erfährst du, was Gravasterne überhaupt sein sollen, wie sie theoretisch entstehen könnten und warum sie für ... Read more

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Schwarze Löcher sind die extremsten Objekte des Kosmos – und trotzdem haben sie ein paar richtig unangenehme Probleme. Genau hier kommt eine verrückte Idee ins Spiel: Gravasterne. Sie könnten wie Schwarze Löcher aussehen, aber ohne einige der paradoxen Konsequenzen.In diesem kurzen Hörbuch erfährst du, was Gravasterne überhaupt sein sollen, wie sie theoretisch entstehen könnten und warum sie für
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Helgoland

Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

by Carlo Rovelli ...

Narrated by David Rintoul ...

Unabridged

4 hours 31 min

**Named a Best Book of 2021 by the Financial Times and a Best Science Book of 2021 by The Guardian“Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator… This is the place where science comes to life.” ―Neil Gaiman“One of the warmest, most elegant and most lucid interpreters to the laity of the dazzling enigmas of his discipline...[a] momentous book” ―John Banville, The Wall Street Journal**A startling ... Read more

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**Named a Best Book of 2021 by the Financial Times and a Best Science Book of 2021 by The Guardian“Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator… This is the place where science comes to life.” ―Neil Gaiman“One of the warmest, most elegant and most lucid interpreters to the laity of the dazzling enigmas of his discipline...[a] momentous book” ―John Banville, The Wall Street Journal**A startling
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Simply Einstein

by Jimena Canales ...

Narrated by Matthew Sykes ...

Series Audiobook 27 - Great Lives
Unabridged

4 hours 27 min

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was born in Ulm in the German Empire and received his academic teaching diploma from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in 1900. Unable to secure a teaching post, he eventually found work in the Swiss Patent Office in Bern, where he began to develop his special theory of relativity. In 1905 (his “miracle year”), he published four revolutionary papers, which came to be ... Read more

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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was born in Ulm in the German Empire and received his academic teaching diploma from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in 1900. Unable to secure a teaching post, he eventually found work in the Swiss Patent Office in Bern, where he began to develop his special theory of relativity. In 1905 (his “miracle year”), he published four revolutionary papers, which came to be
... Read more
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A Cosmic Journey

From the Big Bang to Black Holes

by Douglas Donovan ...

Narrated by AI Voice Jessica ...

Unabridged

5 hours 2 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Embark on humanity's greatest adventure—understanding our place in an infinite universe.From the moment our ancient ancestors first gazed at the night sky in wonder, we have sought to comprehend the cosmos that surrounds us. A Cosmic Journey: From the Big Bang to Black Holes takes readers on an extraordinary voyage through 13.8 billion years of cosmic ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Embark on humanity's greatest adventure—understanding our place in an infinite universe.From the moment our ancient ancestors first gazed at the night sky in wonder, we have sought to comprehend the cosmos that surrounds us. A Cosmic Journey: From the Big Bang to Black Holes takes readers on an extraordinary voyage through 13.8 billion years of cosmic
... Read more
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Quantum

Einstein, Bohr y el gran debate sobre la naturaleza de la realidad

by Manjit Kumar ...

Narrated by Gustavo Dardés ...

Unabridged

16 hours 30 min

«Saborea la experiencia de que te estalle la cabeza sin necesidad de alucinógenos».The GuardianEn octubre de 1927, veintinueve de los científicos más brillantes del mundo se reunieron en el Quinto Congreso Solvay. Diecisiete de ellos acabarían recibiendo el premio Nobel. Aquel encuentro, inmortalizado en una célebre fotografía, marc... ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

«Saborea la experiencia de que te estalle la cabeza sin necesidad de alucinógenos».The GuardianEn octubre de 1927, veintinueve de los científicos más brillantes del mundo se reunieron en el Quinto Congreso Solvay. Diecisiete de ellos acabarían recibiendo el premio Nobel. Aquel encuentro, inmortalizado en una célebre fotografía, marc...
... Read more
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Surfear el espacio-tiempo

Un cientifico entre agujeros negros y viajes hiperlumínicos

by Sergio de Régules, Miguel Alcubierre ...

Narrated by Manuel David ...

Unabridged

5 hours 19 min

«Si un día se encuentran a Albert Einstein en un elevador, huyan…»Un día, Miguel estaba viendo Star Trek cuando, de pronto, se le ocurrió cómo revolucionar la teoría de la relatividad y viajar más rápido que la luz… La anécdota, que parece sacada de The Big Bang Theory, es completamente real. La protagonizó un joven mexicano cuando estudiaba su doctorado en Cardiff.Este libro cuenta aque... ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

«Si un día se encuentran a Albert Einstein en un elevador, huyan…»Un día, Miguel estaba viendo Star Trek cuando, de pronto, se le ocurrió cómo revolucionar la teoría de la relatividad y viajar más rápido que la luz… La anécdota, que parece sacada de The Big Bang Theory, es completamente real. La protagonizó un joven mexicano cuando estudiaba su doctorado en Cardiff.Este libro cuenta aque...
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Raumzeit – Wie das Universum Denken lernt

Physik leicht erklärt | Band 3

by Orhan Schöwe ...

Narrated by Orhan Schöwe ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Physik leicht erklärt
Unabridged

36 min

Raumzeit – Wie das Universum Denken lernt(Physik leicht erklärt | Band 3)Was ist Raumzeit wirklich?Ein festes Gefüge aus Raum und Zeit – oder ein lebendiges Gewebe, das Bewegung, Energie und Wahrnehmung miteinander verbindet?In Band 3 der Reihe Physik leicht erklärt führt Orhan Schöwe in eines der tiefsten Konzepte moderner Physik: die Raumzeit. Dieses Hörbuch erklärt verständlich und ohne Formeln ... Read more

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Raumzeit – Wie das Universum Denken lernt(Physik leicht erklärt | Band 3)Was ist Raumzeit wirklich?Ein festes Gefüge aus Raum und Zeit – oder ein lebendiges Gewebe, das Bewegung, Energie und Wahrnehmung miteinander verbindet?In Band 3 der Reihe Physik leicht erklärt führt Orhan Schöwe in eines der tiefsten Konzepte moderner Physik: die Raumzeit. Dieses Hörbuch erklärt verständlich und ohne Formeln
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Relativity

A Very Short Introduction

by Russell Stannard ...

Narrated by Nick Sullivan ...

Unabridged

3 hours 47 min

If you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up, and you get heavier. Travel fast enough and you could weigh as much as a jumbo jet, be flattened thinner than a CD without feeling a thing—and live forever! As for the angles of a triangle, they do not always have to add up to 180 degrees. And then, of course, there are black holes. These are but a few of the extraordinary consequences ... Read more

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If you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up, and you get heavier. Travel fast enough and you could weigh as much as a jumbo jet, be flattened thinner than a CD without feeling a thing—and live forever! As for the angles of a triangle, they do not always have to add up to 180 degrees. And then, of course, there are black holes. These are but a few of the extraordinary consequences
... Read more
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How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog

by Chad Orzel ...

Narrated by Will Collyer, Cassandra Morris ...

Unabridged

9 hours 54 min

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But this "witty and clear thinking" (New York Times) book wonders, what about relativity?Physicist Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy, tackle the concepts of general relativity in this irresistible introduction to Einstein’s physics. Through armchair, and sometimes passenger-seat, conversations with Emmy about the relative speeds ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But this "witty and clear thinking" (New York Times) book wonders, what about relativity?Physicist Chad Orzel and his inquisitive canine companion, Emmy, tackle the concepts of general relativity in this irresistible introduction to Einstein’s physics. Through armchair, and sometimes passenger-seat, conversations with Emmy about the relative speeds
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क्वांटम भौतिकी शुरुआती लोगों के लिए

सबसे प्रसिद्ध क्वांटम प्रयोग और क्वांटम भौतिकी के मूल सिद्धांत सरल शब्दों में समझाए गए, ताकि ब्रह्मांड के छिपे रहस्यों को उजागर किया जा सके।

by Edwin Hines ...

Narrated by डिजिटल वॉइस Harish G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 26 min

इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है."क्वांटम भौतिकी के अद्भुत रहस्यों की खोज करें, एक क्लिक में!"क्या आपने कभी सोचा है कि कोई वस्तु एक ही समय पर दो जगहों पर हो सकती है? या कि कारण और परिणाम उल्टे क्रम में हो सकते हैं?यह सुनने में अजीब लग सकता है, लेकिन यह सच है – आपका स्वागत है क्वांटम भौतिकी की अद्भुत दुनिया में!यह पुस्तक आपको आधुनिक भौतिकी के सबसे रोचक और रह... ... Read more

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इस ऑडियोबुक को डिजिटल वॉइस में रिकॉर्ड किया गया है."क्वांटम भौतिकी के अद्भुत रहस्यों की खोज करें, एक क्लिक में!"क्या आपने कभी सोचा है कि कोई वस्तु एक ही समय पर दो जगहों पर हो सकती है? या कि कारण और परिणाम उल्टे क्रम में हो सकते हैं?यह सुनने में अजीब लग सकता है, लेकिन यह सच है – आपका स्वागत है क्वांटम भौतिकी की अद्भुत दुनिया में!यह पुस्तक आपको आधुनिक भौतिकी के सबसे रोचक और रह...
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Where the Universe Came From

How Einstein's relativity unlocks the past, present and future of the cosmos

by New Scientist ...

Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

Series series New Scientist Instant Expert
Unabridged

4 hours 23 min

How did it all begin? Where is it all going?A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. His theory changed the way we think about space and time, revealed how our universe has been expanding from a hot dense state called the big bang and predicted black holes.WHERE THE ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

How did it all begin? Where is it all going?A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. His theory changed the way we think about space and time, revealed how our universe has been expanding from a hot dense state called the big bang and predicted black holes.WHERE THE
... Read more
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E=mc2

A Biography Of The World's Most Famous Equation

by David Bodanis ...

Narrated by Dan Cashman ...

Unabridged

6 hours 57 min

E=mc2 was born in 1905, the brainchild of Albert Einstein.In this lucid and brilliant book, one of the best popularizers of science illuminates one of science's most complex concepts. Ranging widely from Exit signs in theatres to the future fate of the earth, from smoke detectors to black holes and the structure of the atom, David Bodanis delivers a scintillating and colourful account of the real ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

E=mc2 was born in 1905, the brainchild of Albert Einstein.In this lucid and brilliant book, one of the best popularizers of science illuminates one of science's most complex concepts. Ranging widely from Exit signs in theatres to the future fate of the earth, from smoke detectors to black holes and the structure of the atom, David Bodanis delivers a scintillating and colourful account of the real
... Read more
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Time Machine Tales

The Science Fiction Adventures and Philosophical Puzzles of Time Travel

by Paul J. Nahin ...

Narrated by John Lescault ...

Series series The Science and Fiction Series
Unabridged

15 hours 46 min

This audiobook contains a broad overview of time travel in science fiction, along with a detailed examination of the philosophical implications of time travel. The emphasis of this book is now on the philosophical and on science fiction, rather than on physics, as in the author’s earlier books on the subject. In that spirit there are, for example, no tech notes filled with algebra, integrals, and ... Read more

$34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook contains a broad overview of time travel in science fiction, along with a detailed examination of the philosophical implications of time travel. The emphasis of this book is now on the philosophical and on science fiction, rather than on physics, as in the author’s earlier books on the subject. In that spirit there are, for example, no tech notes filled with algebra, integrals, and
... Read more
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Очарование мультивселенной. Параллельные миры, другие измерения и альтернативные реальности

by Пол Халперн ...

Narrated by Евгений Лебедев ...

Unabridged

11 hours 11 min

Что, если наш мир — не единственный? Эта идея давно завораживает писателей, мечтателей и кинематографистов. Но есть ли у нее реальные основания? Американский физик Пол Халперн рассказывает, как философские поиски и научные открытия последних ста с лишним лет произвели революцию в представлениях человека о мире. От предсказуемой ньютоновской Вселенной мы перешли к запутанному ландшафту теории струн ... Read more

$14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Что, если наш мир — не единственный? Эта идея давно завораживает писателей, мечтателей и кинематографистов. Но есть ли у нее реальные основания? Американский физик Пол Халперн рассказывает, как философские поиски и научные открытия последних ста с лишним лет произвели революцию в представлениях человека о мире. От предсказуемой ньютоновской Вселенной мы перешли к запутанному ландшафту теории струн
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In Our Time: 25 Concepts and Theories in the History of Physics

A BBC Radio 4 Collection

by Melvyn Bragg ...

Narrated by Melvyn Bragg ...

Series series In Our Time
Unabridged

15 hours 43 min

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of physics through its most important ideas and hypotheses*'*In Our Time is in a class of its own' New York TimesEclectic, erudite and entertaining, In Our Time is one of Radio 4's most successful programmes, regularly attracting an audience of over 2 million for its discussions on every subject under the sun: from oceanography to Ovid.In this special ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of physics through its most important ideas and hypotheses*'*In Our Time is in a class of its own' New York TimesEclectic, erudite and entertaining, In Our Time is one of Radio 4's most successful programmes, regularly attracting an audience of over 2 million for its discussions on every subject under the sun: from oceanography to Ovid.In this special
... Read more
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Time Traveler

A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality

by Dr. Ronald L. Mallett ...

Narrated by Jaime Lincoln Smith ...

Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. Combining elements of Rocket Boys and Elegant Universe, Time Traveler follows Mallett's discovery of Einstein's work on space-time, his study of Godel's work on ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. Combining elements of Rocket Boys and Elegant Universe, Time Traveler follows Mallett's discovery of Einstein's work on space-time, his study of Godel's work on
... Read more

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