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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life

by Catherine Gray ...

Narrated by Catherine Gray ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - Sacha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of Unwasted: My Lush SobrietyEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? ... ... Read more

$39.99 NZD

'Truthful, modern and real' - Stylist'Brave, witty and brilliantly written' - Marie Claire'Hilarious, sharp, spitfire writing' - Sacha Z. Scoblic, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of Unwasted: My Lush SobrietyEver sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? ...
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Hunt, Gather, Parent

What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about Raising Children

by Michaeleen Doucleff ...

Narrated by Michaeleen Doucleff ...

Unabridged

11 hours 10 min

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff looks back to our ancestors for solutions to our failing modern-day parenting theories.When Dr Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she examined the studies behind modern parenting guidance and found that the evidence was frustratingly limited, and the conclusions often ineffective. She began to wonder if an opposite approach was needed – one ... Read more

$38.99 NZD

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff looks back to our ancestors for solutions to our failing modern-day parenting theories.When Dr Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she examined the studies behind modern parenting guidance and found that the evidence was frustratingly limited, and the conclusions often ineffective. She began to wonder if an opposite approach was needed – one
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The In-Between

Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments – THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

by Hadley Vlahos ...

Narrated by Hadley Vlahos ...

Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***What can life’s final moments teach us about living well today?In this bestselling memoir, palliative care nurse Hadley Vlahos recounts the unforgettable tales of the hospice patients whose journeys of self-discovery inspired her sense of purpose and hope. From the elderly man seeing visions of his late daughter, to the young ... Read more

$31.56 NZD

**Brought to you by Penguin.*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***What can life’s final moments teach us about living well today?In this bestselling memoir, palliative care nurse Hadley Vlahos recounts the unforgettable tales of the hospice patients whose journeys of self-discovery inspired her sense of purpose and hope. From the elderly man seeing visions of his late daughter, to the young
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With the End in Mind

Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

by Kathryn Mannix ...

Narrated by Kathryn Mannix, Elizabeth Carling ...

Unabridged

11 hours 46 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset’ Sunday Times‘Illuminating and beautiful’ Cathy RentzenbrinkWith the End in Mind is a book for us all: the grieving and bereaved, the ill and the healthy. By turns touching and tragic, funny and wise, it tells powerful human stories of life and death.Eric, the retired head teacher who even with Mot... ... Read more

$45.99 NZD

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset’ Sunday Times‘Illuminating and beautiful’ Cathy RentzenbrinkWith the End in Mind is a book for us all: the grieving and bereaved, the ill and the healthy. By turns touching and tragic, funny and wise, it tells powerful human stories of life and death.Eric, the retired head teacher who even with Mot...
... Read more
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Written In Bone

hidden stories in what we leave behind

by Professor Dame Sue Black ...

Narrated by Sue Black ...

Unabridged

11 hours 41 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to feet, via the face, spine, chest, arms, hands, pelvis and legs, she shows that each part of ... Read more

$29.30 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to feet, via the face, spine, chest, arms, hands, pelvis and legs, she shows that each part of
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Brainstorm

by Richard Scolyer, Garry Maddox ...

Narrated by Tim Carroll ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

WINNER OF ABIA AWARD FOR SOCIAL IMPACT BOOK OF THE YEARThe incredible story of 2024 Co-Australian of the Year, Richard Scolyer, as he uses his groundbreaking melanoma science to fight his own 'incurable' diagnosis with brain cancer.A dedicated doctor. A devastating diagnosis. A chance for a medical revolution.Skin cancer is this country's most common cancer, and melanoma the deadliest form of it. ... Read more

$34.26 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

WINNER OF ABIA AWARD FOR SOCIAL IMPACT BOOK OF THE YEARThe incredible story of 2024 Co-Australian of the Year, Richard Scolyer, as he uses his groundbreaking melanoma science to fight his own 'incurable' diagnosis with brain cancer.A dedicated doctor. A devastating diagnosis. A chance for a medical revolution.Skin cancer is this country's most common cancer, and melanoma the deadliest form of it.
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A Mind of My Own

'Irrepressibly funny' - Sunday Times

by Kathy Burke ...

Narrated by Kathy Burke ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

THE INSTANT BESTSELLER'Vivid, bright and beautiful' – Guardian'Wonderful. I wish I'd written it – I couldn't put it down' Miriam MargolyesKathy Burke is one of Britain's most distinctive voices. Even as a fearless kid in Islington, she did things her own way; roaming the estate that raised her to find her own path. A place at the Anna Scher Theatre in her teens changed the course of her lif... ... Read more

$66.45 NZD

THE INSTANT BESTSELLER'Vivid, bright and beautiful' – Guardian'Wonderful. I wish I'd written it – I couldn't put it down' Miriam MargolyesKathy Burke is one of Britain's most distinctive voices. Even as a fearless kid in Islington, she did things her own way; roaming the estate that raised her to find her own path. A place at the Anna Scher Theatre in her teens changed the course of her lif...
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The Wright Brothers

by David McCullough ...

Narrated by David McCullough ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright.On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers—bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio—changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe that ... Read more

$49.36 NZD

The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright.On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers—bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio—changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe that
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Nikola Tesla: The Spark of Tomorrow

by Jamie Glick ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

5 hours 34 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Master of the Lightning: The Untold Story of Nikola TeslaOn a stormy night in 1856, a child was born into a world lit only by fire and gaslight. By the time he left it, that same world was fully illuminated, bound together by an invisible web of electrical energy. That child was Nikola Tesla.In Nikola Tesla: The Spark of Tomorrow, step inside the ... Read more

$18.97 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Master of the Lightning: The Untold Story of Nikola TeslaOn a stormy night in 1856, a child was born into a world lit only by fire and gaslight. By the time he left it, that same world was fully illuminated, bound together by an invisible web of electrical energy. That child was Nikola Tesla.In Nikola Tesla: The Spark of Tomorrow, step inside the
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Summary, Analysis, and Review of Kate Moore's The Radium Girls

by Start Publishing Notes ...

Narrated by Michael Gilboe ...

Series series Start Publishing Notes
Unabridged

28 min

Please Note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book.Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Kate Moore's 'The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women' includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore ... Read more

$18.97 NZD

Please Note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book.Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Kate Moore's 'The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women' includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section.The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
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Abduction

Human Encounters with Aliens

by John E. Mack ...

Narrated by Brian Arens ...

Unabridged

20 hours 2 min

A Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, John E. Mack, the author of A Prince of Our Disorder, presents accounts of alien abduction taken from the more than 60 cases he has investigated, and examines the implications for our identity as a species. These mesmerizing and thought-provoking stories of alien encounters from a Harvard professor take you through actual case studies of ... Read more

$47.46 NZD

A Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, John E. Mack, the author of A Prince of Our Disorder, presents accounts of alien abduction taken from the more than 60 cases he has investigated, and examines the implications for our identity as a species. These mesmerizing and thought-provoking stories of alien encounters from a Harvard professor take you through actual case studies of
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Записки акушера. Истории из роддома

by Анастасия Седова ...

Narrated by Екатерина Радостева ...

Series series Звезда соцсети
Unabridged

9 hours 1 min

Каждый день акушер-гинеколог принимает решения, от которых зависят две жизни сразу. Здесь нет права на ошибку, нет времени на сомнения – только опыт, интуиция и огромная ответственность. Но за сухими терминами всегда стоят настоящие человеческие истории: сложные, трогательные, порой шокирующие. В своей третьей книге «Записки акушера» Анастасия собрала правдивые рассказы о женщинах, которые ... Read more

$18.99 NZD

Каждый день акушер-гинеколог принимает решения, от которых зависят две жизни сразу. Здесь нет права на ошибку, нет времени на сомнения – только опыт, интуиция и огромная ответственность. Но за сухими терминами всегда стоят настоящие человеческие истории: сложные, трогательные, порой шокирующие. В своей третьей книге «Записки акушера» Анастасия собрала правдивые рассказы о женщинах, которые
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عبقرية الصديق

by عباس محمود العقاد ...

Narrated by أحمد خيري ...

Series Audiobook 5 - العبقريات
Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

اعتنى الكثير من المؤرخين بترجمة سيرة الصحابي الجليل "أبو بكر الصديق" فلم يعد هناك الكثير مما يقال عنها، وقد أدرك العقاد هذا الأمر فجاء كتابه عن الصديق مختلفًا؛ فقدم دراسة نفسية تحليلية لشخصية الصديق ليتعرف على صفاته وسماته الشخصية ويستنبط بواعث سلوكه، فيسوق العقاد الأخبار والحوادث التاريخية لا ليعرضها هي نفسها بل ليضع يده على مفاتيح شخصية الخليفة الأول من خلال تعاطيه مع الأحداث وتعامله مع الناس. ... Read more

$24.99 NZD

اعتنى الكثير من المؤرخين بترجمة سيرة الصحابي الجليل "أبو بكر الصديق" فلم يعد هناك الكثير مما يقال عنها، وقد أدرك العقاد هذا الأمر فجاء كتابه عن الصديق مختلفًا؛ فقدم دراسة نفسية تحليلية لشخصية الصديق ليتعرف على صفاته وسماته الشخصية ويستنبط بواعث سلوكه، فيسوق العقاد الأخبار والحوادث التاريخية لا ليعرضها هي نفسها بل ليضع يده على مفاتيح شخصية الخليفة الأول من خلال تعاطيه مع الأحداث وتعامله مع الناس.
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Life Lessons from Nikola Tesla

The Dream Machine: Imagination as a Force Stronger Than Lightning

by Marcus Alden ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Walter Pike E ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Timeless Wisdom from Scientists and Inventors
Unabridged

52 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.You don’t just power machines—you power possibility.Nikola Tesla dreamed in lightning. He imagined futures no one could see and spent his life turning those invisible visions into world-shaping inventions. But Tesla’s legacy isn’t just in electricity—it’s in imagination fired by purpose.The Dream Machine invites you to see your own ideas not as ... Read more

$7.50 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.You don’t just power machines—you power possibility.Nikola Tesla dreamed in lightning. He imagined futures no one could see and spent his life turning those invisible visions into world-shaping inventions. But Tesla’s legacy isn’t just in electricity—it’s in imagination fired by purpose.The Dream Machine invites you to see your own ideas not as
... Read more
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Living By My Rules

by Simon Ingram ...

Narrated by Frank Meaden ...

Unabridged

4 hours 47 min

Living By My Rules, an eloquent insight into the daily struggles of living with an incurable, degenerative disease such as Parkinson’s disease. Simon’s stories of his early life will transport you back to a far simpler time; the 1970s. Amusing tales which will stir fond memories in all but the youngest readers … Flares, scooters, Mods and of course a nostalgic look back at his beloved football; ... Read more

$15.17 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Living By My Rules, an eloquent insight into the daily struggles of living with an incurable, degenerative disease such as Parkinson’s disease. Simon’s stories of his early life will transport you back to a far simpler time; the 1970s. Amusing tales which will stir fond memories in all but the youngest readers … Flares, scooters, Mods and of course a nostalgic look back at his beloved football;
... Read more
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Endlich mal was Positives

Offensiv & optimistisch: Mein Umgang mit HIV

by Matthias Gerschwitz ...

Narrated by Matthias Gerschwitz, Andreas Schultz, Vera Schultz ...

Unabridged

1 hour 49 min

In "Endlich mal was Positives" beschreibt Matthias Gerschwitz, der 1994 das positive HIV-Testergebnis erhielt, seinen Umgang mit der Infektion ohne Larmoyanz oder Betroffenheitspathos, sondern optimistisch, informativ und zuweilen auch etwas provokativ. Das Hörbuch soll Mut machen und informieren. Es wendet sich nicht nur an Positive und ihr Umfeld, sondern auch und besonders an diejenigen, die ... Read more

$9.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

In "Endlich mal was Positives" beschreibt Matthias Gerschwitz, der 1994 das positive HIV-Testergebnis erhielt, seinen Umgang mit der Infektion ohne Larmoyanz oder Betroffenheitspathos, sondern optimistisch, informativ und zuweilen auch etwas provokativ. Das Hörbuch soll Mut machen und informieren. Es wendet sich nicht nur an Positive und ihr Umfeld, sondern auch und besonders an diejenigen, die
... Read more
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Build

An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making - The New York Times bestseller

by Tony Fadell ...

Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that's what this book is. An advice encyclopedia. A mentor in a box.Written for anyone ... Read more

$29.30 NZD

Brought to you by Penguin.Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that's what this book is. An advice encyclopedia. A mentor in a box.Written for anyone
... Read more
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Galileo Galilei

History, Discoveries, and Scientific Revolution

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Jacob Simmons ...

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, known just as Galileo, was an astronomer, physicist, and engineer from Pisa, modern-day Italy, who was regularly described as a polymath. Galileo has been called the "creator of observational astronomy," "father of modern-day physics," "father of the clinical technique," and "father of contemporary science," to name a few titles.Galileo engaged on useful ... Read more

$11.38 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, known just as Galileo, was an astronomer, physicist, and engineer from Pisa, modern-day Italy, who was regularly described as a polymath. Galileo has been called the "creator of observational astronomy," "father of modern-day physics," "father of the clinical technique," and "father of contemporary science," to name a few titles.Galileo engaged on useful
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La última voz

Roy J. Glauber y el inicio de la era atómica

by José Ignacio Latorre Sentís, Maite Soto Sanfiel ...

Narrated by Santiago (Voz de IA) ...

Series series Ariel
Unabridged

6 hours 31 min

El testimonio del último testigo del Proyecto Manhattan, el plan secreto que inauguró la era atómica y la Guerra Fría.En 1943 Roy J. Glauber tenía 18 años. Estudiaba simultáneamente la carrera de Física y cursos de doctorado en Harvard. Un día, un emisario del gobierno pidió entrevistarlo. Poco después, siguiendo escuetas instrucciones, Roy envió sus pertenencias a una misteriosa dirección postal ... Read more

$18.99 NZD

El testimonio del último testigo del Proyecto Manhattan, el plan secreto que inauguró la era atómica y la Guerra Fría.En 1943 Roy J. Glauber tenía 18 años. Estudiaba simultáneamente la carrera de Física y cursos de doctorado en Harvard. Un día, un emisario del gobierno pidió entrevistarlo. Poco después, siguiendo escuetas instrucciones, Roy envió sus pertenencias a una misteriosa dirección postal
... Read more
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Twelve Cases

A Psychiatrist's True Stories of Mental Illness and Addiction (and Other Human Predispositions)

by Daniel Mierlak, MD, PhD ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

4 hours 36 min

Are you curious about the shadowy parts of the human psyche? Join Dr. Daniel Mierlak, a psychiatrist for twenty-five years, on a journey to the stranger corners of human experience. Here you'll meet: Tony, chauffeur to the fabulously rich, who overcomes crippling anxiety only to find himself descend into a homicidal rage following a botched cosmetic procedure. Amanda, hospitalized for mania, who ... Read more

$37.96 NZD

Are you curious about the shadowy parts of the human psyche? Join Dr. Daniel Mierlak, a psychiatrist for twenty-five years, on a journey to the stranger corners of human experience. Here you'll meet: Tony, chauffeur to the fabulously rich, who overcomes crippling anxiety only to find himself descend into a homicidal rage following a botched cosmetic procedure. Amanda, hospitalized for mania, who
... Read more
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The Quick and the Dead

by Cynric Temple-Camp ...

Narrated by Mark Davis ...

Unabridged

10 hours 48 min

True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologistFrom the number-one bestselling author of The Cause of Death comes a book about the unlikely, extraordinary, obscure and often tragic ways humans meet their end.A dead body without a trace of trauma; alien parasites; worms of the brain; crocodile attacks and bizarre eating disorders ... In The Quick and the Dead, pathologist Dr Cynric ... Read more

$53.99 NZD

True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologistFrom the number-one bestselling author of The Cause of Death comes a book about the unlikely, extraordinary, obscure and often tragic ways humans meet their end.A dead body without a trace of trauma; alien parasites; worms of the brain; crocodile attacks and bizarre eating disorders ... In The Quick and the Dead, pathologist Dr Cynric
... Read more
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Resilience

Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities

by Elizabeth Edwards ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Edwards ...

Unabridged

4 hours 9 min

Elizabeth Edwards is one of the most beloved political figures in the country and, on the surface, she seems to have led a charmed life. In many ways, she has. Beautiful family. Thriving career. Supportive friendships. But she’s no stranger to adversity. Many know of the strength she showed after her son, Wade, was killed in a freak car accident when he was only sixteen years old. She would ... Read more

$23.74 NZD

Elizabeth Edwards is one of the most beloved political figures in the country and, on the surface, she seems to have led a charmed life. In many ways, she has. Beautiful family. Thriving career. Supportive friendships. But she’s no stranger to adversity. Many know of the strength she showed after her son, Wade, was killed in a freak car accident when he was only sixteen years old. She would
... Read more
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Thomas Edison

American Inventor

by Michael W. Simmons ...

Narrated by Alan Munro ...

Unabridged

4 hours 2 min

Everyone knows that Thomas Edison is America’s most famous inventor. But what exactly drove him to invent? Have you ever heard of the phonograph, or the kinetoscope? And what made his incandescent light bulb so special anyway?In this book, you will learn about Edison’s busy childhood as a young inventor and entrepreneur conducting chemical experiments aboard a moving train car, his nomadic youth ... Read more

$28.39 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Everyone knows that Thomas Edison is America’s most famous inventor. But what exactly drove him to invent? Have you ever heard of the phonograph, or the kinetoscope? And what made his incandescent light bulb so special anyway?In this book, you will learn about Edison’s busy childhood as a young inventor and entrepreneur conducting chemical experiments aboard a moving train car, his nomadic youth
... Read more
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Einstein's Greatest Mistake

The Life of a Flawed Genius

by David Bodanis ...

Narrated by Roger Davis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 31 min

Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped to lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life he was also ignored by most working scientists, his ideas opposed by even his closest friends.This stunning downfall can be traced to Einstein's earliest successes and ... Read more

$39.99 NZD

Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped to lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life he was also ignored by most working scientists, his ideas opposed by even his closest friends.This stunning downfall can be traced to Einstein's earliest successes and
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