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The Emperor's New Mind

Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics

by Roger Penrose ...

Narrated by Julian Elfer ...

Unabridged

18 hours 27 min

For decades, proponents of artificial intelligence have argued that computers will soon be doing everything that a human mind can do. Admittedly, computers now play chess at the grandmaster level, but do they understand the game as we do? Can a computer eventually do everything a human mind can do?In this absorbing and frequently contentious book, Roger Penrose puts forward his view that there are ... Read more

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For decades, proponents of artificial intelligence have argued that computers will soon be doing everything that a human mind can do. Admittedly, computers now play chess at the grandmaster level, but do they understand the game as we do? Can a computer eventually do everything a human mind can do?In this absorbing and frequently contentious book, Roger Penrose puts forward his view that there are
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How Starship Works

Science and Tech Behind Starship In Everyday Language

by Turing Editorial Team ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

40 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Starship is the world's biggest rocket system ever built. It is also the hardest machine Elon Musk’s company has tried to make work.This audiobook explains Starship in plain, everyday language for listeners who want to appreciate the sheer complexity of the problem and marvel at the beauty of the rocket SpaceX is building. People often think of ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Starship is the world's biggest rocket system ever built. It is also the hardest machine Elon Musk’s company has tried to make work.This audiobook explains Starship in plain, everyday language for listeners who want to appreciate the sheer complexity of the problem and marvel at the beauty of the rocket SpaceX is building. People often think of
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El 30 de febrero y otras curiosidades sobre la medición del tiempo (Completo)

by Olivier Marchon ...

Narrated by Gustavo Dardes ...

Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

En este libro aprenderemos que ciertos años han durado 445, 385 o 251 días, que determinadas fechas han sido suprimidas del calendario, que otras, por el contrario, fueron agregadas, que Francia jamás abandonó la hora impuesta por los alemanes en 1940, que los etíopes festejaron el año 2000 en 2007 o que el segundo que utilizamos es, de hecho, demasiado breve. Pero sería un error no ver en este ... Read more

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En este libro aprenderemos que ciertos años han durado 445, 385 o 251 días, que determinadas fechas han sido suprimidas del calendario, que otras, por el contrario, fueron agregadas, que Francia jamás abandonó la hora impuesta por los alemanes en 1940, que los etíopes festejaron el año 2000 en 2007 o que el segundo que utilizamos es, de hecho, demasiado breve. Pero sería un error no ver en este
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Practical Talks (Unabridged)

by Harold Jacoby ...

Narrated by Kimberly Gonzalez, Ruth Shelton, Robert Schorr ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

In "Practical Talks," Harold Jacoby delivers a series of thought-provoking and insightful essays that explore the complexities of human nature and the challenges of modern life. With a keen eye for observation and a deep understanding of the human condition, Jacoby delves into topics ranging from the pursuit of happiness to the nature of love and the importance of self-discovery. Through his ... Read more

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In "Practical Talks," Harold Jacoby delivers a series of thought-provoking and insightful essays that explore the complexities of human nature and the challenges of modern life. With a keen eye for observation and a deep understanding of the human condition, Jacoby delves into topics ranging from the pursuit of happiness to the nature of love and the importance of self-discovery. Through his
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Missions to Mars

A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet

by Larry Crumpler ...

Narrated by Stephen Graybill ...

Unabridged

12 hours 3 min

From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA’s most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet—a wondrous chronicle of unprecedented scientific discovery and the search for evidence of life on Mars.“There are probably just a few of moments in human history when a small group of humans stood on the margins of a vast new ... Read more

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From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA’s most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet—a wondrous chronicle of unprecedented scientific discovery and the search for evidence of life on Mars.“There are probably just a few of moments in human history when a small group of humans stood on the margins of a vast new
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Conjuring the Universe

The Origins of the Laws of Nature

by Peter Atkins ...

Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

Unabridged

6 hours 10 min

The marvelous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where did these laws and these constants come from? And why are the laws so fruitful when written in the language of mathematics?Peter Atkins considers ... Read more

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The marvelous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at the same time is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Where did these laws and these constants come from? And why are the laws so fruitful when written in the language of mathematics?Peter Atkins considers
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The Stellar Mind

The Fundamental Intelligence of the Universe

by Ylia Callan ...

Narrated by AI Voice Chris ...

Unabridged

2 hours 4 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the universe itself thinks? The Stellar Mind takes listeners on an extraordinary journey into the hidden intelligence woven into the very fabric of reality. From the silent dance of neutrinos to the magnetic memory of planets, this audiobook explores how consciousness might exist far beyond brains, permeating stars, Earth, and the cosmos itself ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the universe itself thinks? The Stellar Mind takes listeners on an extraordinary journey into the hidden intelligence woven into the very fabric of reality. From the silent dance of neutrinos to the magnetic memory of planets, this audiobook explores how consciousness might exist far beyond brains, permeating stars, Earth, and the cosmos itself
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Clean Energy Transitions

The Future of Power Generation

by Ahmed Musa ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Archie G ...

Unabridged

4 hours 16 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Clean Energy Transitions explores the rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources in the global power generation sector. This book examines the technological, economic, and political challenges and opportunities involved in transitioning to a cleaner, more sustainable energy system. It looks at renewable energy sources such as solar, wind ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Clean Energy Transitions explores the rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources in the global power generation sector. This book examines the technological, economic, and political challenges and opportunities involved in transitioning to a cleaner, more sustainable energy system. It looks at renewable energy sources such as solar, wind
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SONIC SOUND HEALING - KLANGHEILUNG

Magische Klangwelten für Tiefenentspannung, Heilung, Hypnose und Meditation

by Abhamani Ajash, Lhamo Sarepa ...

Narrated by Stephan Müller ...

Unabridged

58 min

Alles schwingt...darin sind sich Tradition und moderne Wissenschaft einig. In diesem Hörbuch finden Sie kraftvolle Klänge zur Beruhigung des Geistes, zur Steigerung des Wohlbefindens, eine wundervolle und tiefwirkende Kraft, um direkt mit dem Körper in Kontakt zu treten. Die Klänge erreichen unmittelbar jede einzelne Zelle, das gesamte Energiefeld, und bringen dieses wieder ins Gleichgewicht. ... Read more

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Alles schwingt...darin sind sich Tradition und moderne Wissenschaft einig. In diesem Hörbuch finden Sie kraftvolle Klänge zur Beruhigung des Geistes, zur Steigerung des Wohlbefindens, eine wundervolle und tiefwirkende Kraft, um direkt mit dem Körper in Kontakt zu treten. Die Klänge erreichen unmittelbar jede einzelne Zelle, das gesamte Energiefeld, und bringen dieses wieder ins Gleichgewicht.
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Earth's Imagination

by Brian Thomas Swimme ...

Narrated by Brian Thomas Swimme ...

Unabridged

3 hours 29 min

In The Earth's Imagination, cosmologist Brian Thomas Swimme placesthe human psyche within the fifteen billion year cosmic process inorder to highlight the directions in which human consciousness isevolving today and into the future. With a remarkable ability to makecontemporary scientific findings accessible and engaging, Dr. BrianThomas Swimme relates the history of the Universe to the modern ... Read more

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In The Earth's Imagination, cosmologist Brian Thomas Swimme placesthe human psyche within the fifteen billion year cosmic process inorder to highlight the directions in which human consciousness isevolving today and into the future. With a remarkable ability to makecontemporary scientific findings accessible and engaging, Dr. BrianThomas Swimme relates the history of the Universe to the modern
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Our Beautiful Universe

A Young Astronomer's Guide To Stars, Planets, Constellations and More

by Vivian Zitek ...

Narrated by Olivia Mornet ...

Unabridged

52 min

This audiobook introduces younger readers to the magic of the night sky. A broad range of topics are covered including telescopes, comets, meteors and planets. Learn about the life cycle of stars and what you can see at night with the naked eye or using telescopes. Understand the life cycle of planets and the different types of planets in the universe. Explore how stars are sorted according to ... Read more

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This audiobook introduces younger readers to the magic of the night sky. A broad range of topics are covered including telescopes, comets, meteors and planets. Learn about the life cycle of stars and what you can see at night with the naked eye or using telescopes. Understand the life cycle of planets and the different types of planets in the universe. Explore how stars are sorted according to
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Наука и общество

by Петр Леонидович Капица ...

Narrated by Игорь Гмыза ...

Series series Эксклюзив: Русская классика
Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

П.Л. Капица сочетал в себе интуицию и инженерное чутье физика-экспериментатора, прагматизм и деловой подход организатора науки, независимость суждений в общении с властями. Предпочитая письменное обсуждение устному, ученый оставил нам огромное наследие в виде посвященных различным вопросам докладов на научных симпозиумах и конференциях, выступлений на встречах ученых, записок властям предержащим и ... Read more

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П.Л. Капица сочетал в себе интуицию и инженерное чутье физика-экспериментатора, прагматизм и деловой подход организатора науки, независимость суждений в общении с властями. Предпочитая письменное обсуждение устному, ученый оставил нам огромное наследие в виде посвященных различным вопросам докладов на научных симпозиумах и конференциях, выступлений на встречах ученых, записок властям предержащим и
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The History of Time

A Very Short Introduction

by Leofranc Holford-Strevens ...

Narrated by Ben Esner ...

Unabridged

3 hours 56 min

Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar?The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realize. For example, the French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the ... Read more

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Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar?The organization of time into hours, days, months, and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realize. For example, the French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the
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Chernobyl: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster (Historical Fiction Novel Inspired by the True Story of the World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster)

by Ryan Gonzalez ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 32 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but comprehensive account of what really happened.From the desperate fight to prevent a burning reactor core from irradiating eastern europe, to the self-sacrifice of the heroic men who entered fields of radiation so strong that machines wouldn’t work, to the surprising truth about ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but comprehensive account of what really happened.From the desperate fight to prevent a burning reactor core from irradiating eastern europe, to the self-sacrifice of the heroic men who entered fields of radiation so strong that machines wouldn’t work, to the surprising truth about
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Astrochemistry Made Simple

An essential guide for busy people, in everyday Language

by Turing Editorial Team ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series series Advanced Physics in Everyday Language
Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Before there were worlds, there was chemistry.The universe began with almost nothing: hydrogen, helium, and a trace of lithium. No planets. No oceans. No life. Just a small set of elements and a great deal of heat.This book follows the chemical history of the cosmos, from the first atomic nuclei to the molecules drifting through interstellar clouds, ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Before there were worlds, there was chemistry.The universe began with almost nothing: hydrogen, helium, and a trace of lithium. No planets. No oceans. No life. Just a small set of elements and a great deal of heat.This book follows the chemical history of the cosmos, from the first atomic nuclei to the molecules drifting through interstellar clouds,
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How It All Ends

by Scientific American ...

Narrated by Alex Boyles ...

Unabridged

8 hours 36 min

The Book of Revelation, the Maya, Nostradamus—humans have speculated about the end since, well, the beginning. In this book, we look at several “end of the world” scenarios—or at least, things that could make human life really difficult. ... Read more

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The Book of Revelation, the Maya, Nostradamus—humans have speculated about the end since, well, the beginning. In this book, we look at several “end of the world” scenarios—or at least, things that could make human life really difficult.
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Night Life

Walking Britain’s wild landscapes after dark

by John Lewis-Stempel ...

Narrated by Robert Bathurst ...

Unabridged

2 hours 20 min

Brought to you by Penguin.At night the senses become reordered. Hearing becomes privileged over vision, and we edge forward arms outstretched, feeling our way through the inky blackness. It is after dark that the human being becomes more ‘animal’, more sensitive to Nature. But the lights of the modern world have obliterated any meaningful connection to the night. We have lost touch with its ... Read more

16,13 €

Brought to you by Penguin.At night the senses become reordered. Hearing becomes privileged over vision, and we edge forward arms outstretched, feeling our way through the inky blackness. It is after dark that the human being becomes more ‘animal’, more sensitive to Nature. But the lights of the modern world have obliterated any meaningful connection to the night. We have lost touch with its
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The Art of Physics

How Science Explains the Chaos, Contradictions, and Unpredictability of Life

by Zahaan Bharmal ...

Narrated by Zahaan Bharmal ...

Unabridged

6 hours 21 min

Can physics change your life? It already has."What does complex system theory teach us about getting fired? How does the study of subatomic particles help us predict elections? In his insightful and entertaining new book, Zahaan Bharmal applies lessons from physics to identify elegant explanations for our messy world."—Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Slow Productivity and Deep ... Read more

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Can physics change your life? It already has."What does complex system theory teach us about getting fired? How does the study of subatomic particles help us predict elections? In his insightful and entertaining new book, Zahaan Bharmal applies lessons from physics to identify elegant explanations for our messy world."—Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Slow Productivity and Deep
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What's Exploration Worth

Star Talk Radio

by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye ...

Series Audiobook Season 1, Episode 12 - Star Talk Radio
Unabridged

52 min

What price do we put on knowledge? How does it profit a man if he learns about the universe, but goes to bed hungry? When the economy takes a downturn, should we still go up into space? NASA missions aren’t cheap—sending astronauts into low Earth orbit or to the Moon, sending robotic spacecraft to explore the planets, and launching telescopes into space can cost millions or even billions of ... Read more

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What price do we put on knowledge? How does it profit a man if he learns about the universe, but goes to bed hungry? When the economy takes a downturn, should we still go up into space? NASA missions aren’t cheap—sending astronauts into low Earth orbit or to the Moon, sending robotic spacecraft to explore the planets, and launching telescopes into space can cost millions or even billions of
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Canadarm and Collaboration

How Canada’s Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds

by Elizabeth Howell ...

Narrated by Tracey Hoyt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

With interviews from Chris Hadfield and Marc Garneau, the tale of Canada’s involvement in international space exploration from the 1960s to the present dayCanada is a small but mighty power in space exploration. After providing the Canadarm robotic arm for the space shuttle in 1981, Canada received an invitation to start an astronaut program — a program that quickly let its people accumulate skill ... Read more

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With interviews from Chris Hadfield and Marc Garneau, the tale of Canada’s involvement in international space exploration from the 1960s to the present dayCanada is a small but mighty power in space exploration. After providing the Canadarm robotic arm for the space shuttle in 1981, Canada received an invitation to start an astronaut program — a program that quickly let its people accumulate skill
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Zapped

From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light

by Bob Berman ...

Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

How much do you know about the radiation all around you?Your electronic devices swarm with it; the sun bathes you in it. It's zooming at you from cell towers, microwave ovens, CT scans, mammogram machines, nuclear power plants, deep space, even the walls of your basement. You cannot see, hear, smell or feel it, but there is never a single second when it is not flying through your body. Too much of ... Read more

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How much do you know about the radiation all around you?Your electronic devices swarm with it; the sun bathes you in it. It's zooming at you from cell towers, microwave ovens, CT scans, mammogram machines, nuclear power plants, deep space, even the walls of your basement. You cannot see, hear, smell or feel it, but there is never a single second when it is not flying through your body. Too much of
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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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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

18,20 €

"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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The Smallest Lights In The Universe

by Sara Seager ...

Narrated by Xe Sands ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

In The Smallest Lights in the Universe, MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager interweaves the story of her search for meaning and solace after losing her first husband to cancer, her unflagging search for an Earth-like exoplanet and her unexpected discovery of new love.Sara Seager has made it her life's work to peer into the spaces around stars – looking for exoplanets outside our solar system, hoping to ... Read more

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In The Smallest Lights in the Universe, MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager interweaves the story of her search for meaning and solace after losing her first husband to cancer, her unflagging search for an Earth-like exoplanet and her unexpected discovery of new love.Sara Seager has made it her life's work to peer into the spaces around stars – looking for exoplanets outside our solar system, hoping to
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The Emperor's New Mind

How Starship Works

El 30 de febrero y otras curiosidades sobre la medición del tiempo (Completo)

Practical Talks (Unabridged)

Missions to Mars

Conjuring the Universe

The Stellar Mind

Clean Energy Transitions

SONIC SOUND HEALING - KLANGHEILUNG

Earth's Imagination

Our Beautiful Universe

Наука и общество

The History of Time

Chernobyl: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster (Historical Fiction Novel Inspired by the True Story of the World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster)

Astrochemistry Made Simple

How It All Ends

Night Life

The Art of Physics

What's Exploration Worth

Canadarm and Collaboration

Zapped

Existential Physics

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe

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