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Coal Wars

The Future of Energy and the Fate of the Planet

by Richard Martin ...

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Unabridged

10 hours 31 min

This program is read by an AI-based synthesized voice.Since the late 18th century, when it emerged as a source of heating and, later, steam power, coal has brought untold benefits to mankind. Even today, coal generates almost 45 percent of the world's power. Our modern technological society would be inconceivable without coal and the energy it provides. Unfortunately, that society will not survive ... Read more

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This program is read by an AI-based synthesized voice.Since the late 18th century, when it emerged as a source of heating and, later, steam power, coal has brought untold benefits to mankind. Even today, coal generates almost 45 percent of the world's power. Our modern technological society would be inconceivable without coal and the energy it provides. Unfortunately, that society will not survive
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Secret Societies

by Philip Gardiner ...

Narrated by Philip Gardiner ...

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51 min

Throughout Secret Societies, Gardiner; uncovers an ancient secret society thought to have died out many years ago and gets to the core of the secret societies’ belief systems. He explores the secret origins of Freemasonry and the links to secret Serpent Cults, Investigates the secret hidden meaning of King Arthur and Robin Hood and examines the claimants to the name of Illuminati, and analyzes the ... Read more

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Throughout Secret Societies, Gardiner; uncovers an ancient secret society thought to have died out many years ago and gets to the core of the secret societies’ belief systems. He explores the secret origins of Freemasonry and the links to secret Serpent Cults, Investigates the secret hidden meaning of King Arthur and Robin Hood and examines the claimants to the name of Illuminati, and analyzes the
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Noble Savages

Exposing the Worldview of Pornographers and Their War Against Christian Civilization

by R. J. Rushdoony ...

Narrated by Nathan Conkey ...

Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

This $57 billion dollar industry is swallowing peoples worldwide as its revenues exceed that of professional football, baseball, and basketball combined. Statistics reveal that upwards of 40 million American adults regularly visit over 372 million published pornographic web pages. How did we get here?In the "free love" decade of the 1960s, the New Left refashioned pornography into a new image - ... Read more

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This $57 billion dollar industry is swallowing peoples worldwide as its revenues exceed that of professional football, baseball, and basketball combined. Statistics reveal that upwards of 40 million American adults regularly visit over 372 million published pornographic web pages. How did we get here?In the "free love" decade of the 1960s, the New Left refashioned pornography into a new image -
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Traversal

by Maria Popova ...

Narrated by Natascha McElhone ...

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22 hours 25 min

In Traversal, Maria Popova traverses the border between life and death, chance and choice, chemistry and consciousness: what makes a body a person? What makes a planet a world? How do we safeguard our love of truth from our lust for power? What slakes our longings and what redeems our losses?Popova illuminates our various instruments of reckoning with these questions – our telescopes and our ... Read more

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In Traversal, Maria Popova traverses the border between life and death, chance and choice, chemistry and consciousness: what makes a body a person? What makes a planet a world? How do we safeguard our love of truth from our lust for power? What slakes our longings and what redeems our losses?Popova illuminates our various instruments of reckoning with these questions – our telescopes and our
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Molecular Machines: The Science of Molecular Biology

by Lexa N. Palmer ...

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4 hours 53 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Molecular Machines: The Science of Molecular Biology is a captivating exploration into the microscopic world that powers all living systems. This book delves deep into the inner workings of biological molecules—proteins, enzymes, DNA, RNA—and reveals how these microscopic machines drive the essential processes that sustain life. From the rapid ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Molecular Machines: The Science of Molecular Biology is a captivating exploration into the microscopic world that powers all living systems. This book delves deep into the inner workings of biological molecules—proteins, enzymes, DNA, RNA—and reveals how these microscopic machines drive the essential processes that sustain life. From the rapid
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Always On

Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era

by Rory Cellan-Jones ...

Narrated by Rory Cellan-Jones ...

Unabridged

10 hours 17 min

Bloomsbury presents Always On written and read by Rory Cellan-Jones.Delightfully insightful and intensely readable [...] There is an energy and drama to Rory’s writing which nonetheless leaves space for us, the reader, to make up our minds' – Stephen FryThe inside story of how tech became personal and pernicious, from the BBC's technology correspondent.We live at a time when billions have access ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Always On written and read by Rory Cellan-Jones.Delightfully insightful and intensely readable [...] There is an energy and drama to Rory’s writing which nonetheless leaves space for us, the reader, to make up our minds' – Stephen FryThe inside story of how tech became personal and pernicious, from the BBC's technology correspondent.We live at a time when billions have access
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What If The Earths Rotation Slowly Reversed? For Sleep

by What If For Sleep ...

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30 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if Earth’s rotation gradually slowed, stopped—and then began to spin the other way? What If the Earth’s Rotation Slowly Reversed explores one of the most mind-bending and catastrophic scenarios imaginable. Through a fusion of science, storytelling, and imagination, this audiobook reveals what would happen if our planet’s spin reversed direction ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if Earth’s rotation gradually slowed, stopped—and then began to spin the other way? What If the Earth’s Rotation Slowly Reversed explores one of the most mind-bending and catastrophic scenarios imaginable. Through a fusion of science, storytelling, and imagination, this audiobook reveals what would happen if our planet’s spin reversed direction
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Screen People

How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency 'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation' SOPHIE GILBERT, author of GIRL ON GIRL

by Megan Garber ...

Narrated by Courtney Patterson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 39 min

'Incisive' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation of how technology and entertainment have warped humanity 'SOPHIE GILBERT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST AND AUTHOR OF GIRL ON GIRL_______From an award-winning staff writer for the Atlantic, Screen People is an eye-opening look at how the current media landscape conditions us to see everyone as charact... ... Read more

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The Theory That Would Not Die

How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne ...

Narrated by Laural Merlington ...

Unabridged

11 hours 51 min

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial ... Read more

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Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok.In the first-ever account of Bayes' rule for general readers, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne explores this controversial
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Patterns of Connection

Essential Essays from Five Decades

by Fritjof Capra ...

Narrated by Gareth Richards ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

Fritjof Capra, scientist, educator, activist, and accomplished author, presents the evolution of his thought over five decades in Patterns of Connection. First introduced in the late 1950s to the work of Werner Heisenberg, a founder of quantum mechanics, Capra quickly intuited the connections between the discoveries of quantum physics and the traditions of Eastern philosophy—resulting in his first ... Read more

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Fritjof Capra, scientist, educator, activist, and accomplished author, presents the evolution of his thought over five decades in Patterns of Connection. First introduced in the late 1950s to the work of Werner Heisenberg, a founder of quantum mechanics, Capra quickly intuited the connections between the discoveries of quantum physics and the traditions of Eastern philosophy—resulting in his first
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The Einstein Effect

How the World's Favorite Genius Got Into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds

by Benyamin Cohen ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 35 min

Albert Einstein was the first modern-day celebrity and, decades after his death, still has the world's most recognizable face. His influence is seen in much of the technology we use every day: GPS, remote controls, weather forecasts, even toothpaste. But it's not just Einstein's scientific discoveries that continue to shape our world. His legacy underpins the search for aliens, the rescue of ... Read more

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Albert Einstein was the first modern-day celebrity and, decades after his death, still has the world's most recognizable face. His influence is seen in much of the technology we use every day: GPS, remote controls, weather forecasts, even toothpaste. But it's not just Einstein's scientific discoveries that continue to shape our world. His legacy underpins the search for aliens, the rescue of
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The Knowledge Machine

How Irrationality Created Modern Science

by Michael Strevens ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 16 min

A paradigm-shifting work that revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science.Captivatingly written, interwoven with historical vignettes ranging from Newton's alchemy to quantum mechanics to the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, Michael Strevens's wholly original investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long ... Read more

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A paradigm-shifting work that revolutionizes our understanding of the origins and structure of science.Captivatingly written, interwoven with historical vignettes ranging from Newton's alchemy to quantum mechanics to the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, Michael Strevens's wholly original investigation of science asks two fundamental questions: Why is science so powerful? And why did it take so long
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Estoicismo Práctico en 90 Días

Una guía diaria para reaccionar menos, enfocarte en lo que depende de ti y construir calma y disciplina sin motivación vacía

by Alejandro Di Martino ...

Narrated by Alejandro Di Martino ...

Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

¿Y si en los próximos 90 días pudieras reaccionar menos y recuperar el control de tu próxima decisión?¿Y si la verdadera fortaleza mental no consistiera en controlar todo, sino en aprender a enfocarte en lo que sí depende de ti?La vida moderna empuja tu mente al límite.Mensajes que no llegan. Opiniones ajenas. Presión laboral. Problemas de dinero. Comparación en redes sociales. Discusiones. Miedo ... Read more

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¿Y si en los próximos 90 días pudieras reaccionar menos y recuperar el control de tu próxima decisión?¿Y si la verdadera fortaleza mental no consistiera en controlar todo, sino en aprender a enfocarte en lo que sí depende de ti?La vida moderna empuja tu mente al límite.Mensajes que no llegan. Opiniones ajenas. Presión laboral. Problemas de dinero. Comparación en redes sociales. Discusiones. Miedo
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Horizons

The Global Origins of Modern Science

by James Poskett ...

Narrated by Sid Sagar ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

The history of science as it has never been told before: a tale of outsiders and unsung heroes from far beyond the Western canon that most of us are taught.When we think about the origins of modern science we usually begin in Europe. We remember the great minds of Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein. But the history of science is not, and has never been, a ... Read more

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The history of science as it has never been told before: a tale of outsiders and unsung heroes from far beyond the Western canon that most of us are taught.When we think about the origins of modern science we usually begin in Europe. We remember the great minds of Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein. But the history of science is not, and has never been, a
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The Weather Machine

A Journey Inside the Forecast

by Andrew Blum ...

Narrated by Greg Tremblay ...

Unabridged

4 hours 50 min

From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planetThe weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It’s a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones, and often the first thing we check each morning. Yet behind these quotidian interactions is one of ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planetThe weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It’s a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones, and often the first thing we check each morning. Yet behind these quotidian interactions is one of
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What's Gotten Into You

The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner

by Dan Levitt ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

12 hours 38 min

For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life travelled billions of miles and across billions of years to make us who we are.Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms ... Read more

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For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life travelled billions of miles and across billions of years to make us who we are.Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms
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Valley of Death

How Big Tech is Fueling the Future of War

by Sharon Weinberger ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

10 hours

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Alexander Karp. These tech titans are fast becoming some of the most powerful figures in the realm of national security, with enormous implications for us all. As Sharon Weinberger reveals in this gripping account, the American military and spy agencies helped to create Silicon Valley as we now know it, and some of its biggest and most valuable companies today owe much ... Read more

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Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Alexander Karp. These tech titans are fast becoming some of the most powerful figures in the realm of national security, with enormous implications for us all. As Sharon Weinberger reveals in this gripping account, the American military and spy agencies helped to create Silicon Valley as we now know it, and some of its biggest and most valuable companies today owe much
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Carlsens Klogebøger - Vildt vejr

by Christian Mohr Boisen ...

Narrated by Thomas Jacob Clausen ...

Series series Carlsens Klogebøger
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16 min

Der er vildt vejr overalt på Jorden, og én ting er sikker: Det bliver vildere. Noget skyldes klimaet, og noget har altid været vildt. Men hvor er det varmest? Hvor regner det mest? Hvor er det vildest? I denne bog får du svarene. "Carlsens Klogebøger" er en serie, der gør dig klogere på ting, du gerne vil vide mere om. Christian Mohr Boisen (f. 1970) er cand.mag. i dansk, forfatter, oversætter og ... Read more

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Der er vildt vejr overalt på Jorden, og én ting er sikker: Det bliver vildere. Noget skyldes klimaet, og noget har altid været vildt. Men hvor er det varmest? Hvor regner det mest? Hvor er det vildest? I denne bog får du svarene. "Carlsens Klogebøger" er en serie, der gør dig klogere på ting, du gerne vil vide mere om. Christian Mohr Boisen (f. 1970) er cand.mag. i dansk, forfatter, oversætter og
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La reina en el tablero

Serie Calor Humano

by Daniel Carballo ...

Narrated by Daniel Carballo ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Calor Humano
Unabridged

4 hours 20 min

Un psicólogo es contratado por una Organización privada para evaluar a su personal de servicio, no sabía que algunos de ellos querían escapar, él mismo es puesto en la mira al ofrecerles su ayuda. Deberá hacer uso de toda su inteligencia e ingenio para burlar a los malvados, no está dispuesto a que hagan daño a sus protegidos, su única opción será el sacrificio personal.La reina en el tablero es ... Read more

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Un psicólogo es contratado por una Organización privada para evaluar a su personal de servicio, no sabía que algunos de ellos querían escapar, él mismo es puesto en la mira al ofrecerles su ayuda. Deberá hacer uso de toda su inteligencia e ingenio para burlar a los malvados, no está dispuesto a que hagan daño a sus protegidos, su única opción será el sacrificio personal.La reina en el tablero es
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Perception

How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds

by Dennis Proffitt, Drake Baer ...

Narrated by Angela Dawe ...

Unabridged

7 hours 13 min

A groundbreaking popular psychology book that explores the deep connection between our body and our brain.Over decades of study, University of Virginia psychologist Dennis Proffitt has shown that we are each living our own personal version of Gulliver’s Travels, where the size and shape of the things we see are scaled to the size of our bodies, and our ability to interact with them. Stairs look ... Read more

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A groundbreaking popular psychology book that explores the deep connection between our body and our brain.Over decades of study, University of Virginia psychologist Dennis Proffitt has shown that we are each living our own personal version of Gulliver’s Travels, where the size and shape of the things we see are scaled to the size of our bodies, and our ability to interact with them. Stairs look
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Grosse Ideen der Wissenschaft Teil 1

Vorlesung

by Ernst Peter Fischer ...

Narrated by Ernst Peter Fischer ...

Series Audiobook 1 - uni auditorium
Abridged

1 hour 5 min

Die überragende Qualität der Wissenschaft von der Natur besteht darin, ihr Wissen in grundlegende Begriffe verpacken zu können, von denen einige sehr berühmt sind und die viele Menschen beschäftigen. Die genannten Ideen werden auf ebenso prägnante wie elegante Weise vorgestellt, wobei deutlich wird, dass die Naturwissenschaften zugleich grandios sind, aber auch geheimnisvoll bleiben. DAS ATOM Das ... Read more

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Die überragende Qualität der Wissenschaft von der Natur besteht darin, ihr Wissen in grundlegende Begriffe verpacken zu können, von denen einige sehr berühmt sind und die viele Menschen beschäftigen. Die genannten Ideen werden auf ebenso prägnante wie elegante Weise vorgestellt, wobei deutlich wird, dass die Naturwissenschaften zugleich grandios sind, aber auch geheimnisvoll bleiben. DAS ATOM Das
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A World Without Email

Find Focus and Transform the Way You Work Forever (from the NYT bestselling productivity expert)

by Cal Newport ...

Narrated by Kevin R. Free ...

Unabridged

9 hours 16 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Feel like you're always drowning in email? How much more would you achieve without them - and how much happier would you be?Emails are an integral part of work today. But the 'kind regards', forwards and attachments we check every 5.4 minutes are making us unproductive, stressed and costing businesses millions in untapped potential.Bestselling author of Deep Work and ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Feel like you're always drowning in email? How much more would you achieve without them - and how much happier would you be?Emails are an integral part of work today. But the 'kind regards', forwards and attachments we check every 5.4 minutes are making us unproductive, stressed and costing businesses millions in untapped potential.Bestselling author of Deep Work and
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How to Speak Science

Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy until Proven Brilliant

by Bruce Benamran ...

Narrated by Braden Wright ...

Unabridged

13 hours 11 min

As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today’s cutting-edge technologies possible.Wanting everyone to be able to “speak” science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains—as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos ... Read more

20,47 €

As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today’s cutting-edge technologies possible.Wanting everyone to be able to “speak” science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains—as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos
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Talking to Robots

A Brief Guide to Our Human-Robot Futures

by David Ewing Duncan ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

One of Time magazine's '32 Books You Need to Read This Summer' -- 'a riveting read'.'Intensely readable, downright terrifying, and surprisingly uplifting.'Vanity Fair'A fascinating work of imaginative futurology, a science journalist takes a look at our current technologies and anticipates the human-robot future that could await us - one full of warrior bots, politician bots, doctor bots and... ... Read more

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One of Time magazine's '32 Books You Need to Read This Summer' -- 'a riveting read'.'Intensely readable, downright terrifying, and surprisingly uplifting.'Vanity Fair'A fascinating work of imaginative futurology, a science journalist takes a look at our current technologies and anticipates the human-robot future that could await us - one full of warrior bots, politician bots, doctor bots and...
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Secret Societies

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Patterns of Connection

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