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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

$15.99 USD

**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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The Real Nature of Time: An Analysis of Physics, Prophecy, and Time Travel Experiences

by Martin K. Ettington ...

Narrated by Martin K. Ettington ...

Unabridged

1 hour 8 min

The real nature of time is still a mystery after thousands of years of philosophers and scientists analyzing it and generating theories about time.Prophecy has existed for most of humanity’s time on Earth and there is a lot of reason to think that seeing the future does see some of what happens. I also wrote two books on this subject including the history of prophecy and my own experiences. The ... Read more

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The real nature of time is still a mystery after thousands of years of philosophers and scientists analyzing it and generating theories about time.Prophecy has existed for most of humanity’s time on Earth and there is a lot of reason to think that seeing the future does see some of what happens. I also wrote two books on this subject including the history of prophecy and my own experiences. The
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Something Deeply Hidden

Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

by Sean Carroll ...

Narrated by Sean Carroll ...

Unabridged

10 hours 9 min

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs you read these words, copies of you are being created.**Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th century physics. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how ... Read more

$22.99 USD

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs you read these words, copies of you are being created.**Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist and one of this world’s most celebrated writers on science, rewrites the history of 20th century physics. Already hailed as a masterpiece, Something Deeply Hidden shows for the first time that facing up to the essential puzzle of quantum mechanics utterly transforms how
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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

$34.99 USD

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 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

$20.00 USD

"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

$20.99 USD

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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Hyperspace

A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension

by Michio Kaku ...

Narrated by Tim Lounibos ...

Unabridged

14 hours 12 min

Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku offers the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku offers the
... Read more
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White Holes

by Carlo Rovelli ...

Narrated by Harry Lloyd ...

Unabridged

2 hours 48 min

A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of TimeLet us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. We slip beyond its horizon and tumble down this crack in the universe. As we plunge, we see geometry fold. Time and space pull and stretch. And finally, at the black hole’s ... Read more

$15.99 USD

A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of TimeLet us journey, with beloved physicist Carlo Rovelli, into the heart of a black hole. We slip beyond its horizon and tumble down this crack in the universe. As we plunge, we see geometry fold. Time and space pull and stretch. And finally, at the black hole’s
... 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

$24.95 USD 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

$11.99 USD 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

$21.99 USD

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
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The Man Who Stalked Einstein

How Nazi Scientist Philipp Lenard Changed the Course of History

by Birgit Ertl-Wagner, Bernd C. Wagner, Bruce J. Hillman ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

7 hours 46 min

By the end of World War I, Albert Einstein had become the face of the new science of theoretical physics and had made some powerful enemies. One of those enemies, Nobel Prize winner Philipp Lenard, spent a career trying to discredit him. Their story of conflict, pitting Germany’s most widely celebrated Jew against the Nazi scientist who was to become Hitler’s chief advisor on physics, had an ... Read more

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By the end of World War I, Albert Einstein had become the face of the new science of theoretical physics and had made some powerful enemies. One of those enemies, Nobel Prize winner Philipp Lenard, spent a career trying to discredit him. Their story of conflict, pitting Germany’s most widely celebrated Jew against the Nazi scientist who was to become Hitler’s chief advisor on physics, had an
... 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

$23.99 USD

«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...
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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

$8.99 USD

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
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Relativity of Einstein

by Albert Einstein ...

Narrated by Jason McCoy ...

Unabridged

2 hours 50 min

In Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Einstein describes the theories that made him famous, illuminating his case with numerous examples and a smattering of math (nothing more complex than high-school algebra). Einstein's book is not casual reading, but for those who appreciate his work without diving into the arcana of theoretical physics, Relativity will prove a stimulating read. ... Read more

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In Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Einstein describes the theories that made him famous, illuminating his case with numerous examples and a smattering of math (nothing more complex than high-school algebra). Einstein's book is not casual reading, but for those who appreciate his work without diving into the arcana of theoretical physics, Relativity will prove a stimulating read.
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Quantum Physics Made Simple

From the Origins of the Universe to Quantum Computing — Discover Superposition, Tunneling, Time, Light, and Relativity in the Simplest Possible Way

by Maynard Marrow ...

Narrated by Jillian Carter, Vince Caldwell ...

Unabridged

2 hours 46 min

Quantum physics sounds brilliant—until someone actually tries to explain it.Suddenly you’re drowning in equations, paradoxes, or New Age promises. You’re told particles can be in two places at once… that time isn’t real… that light behaves like a wave and a particle… but no one seems to explain how or why in a way that actually makes sense.So you nod, smile, and move on—still confused.This ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Quantum physics sounds brilliant—until someone actually tries to explain it.Suddenly you’re drowning in equations, paradoxes, or New Age promises. You’re told particles can be in two places at once… that time isn’t real… that light behaves like a wave and a particle… but no one seems to explain how or why in a way that actually makes sense.So you nod, smile, and move on—still confused.This
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ABC of Relativity, The

by Bertrand Russell ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Arthur E ...

Unabridged

5 hours 37 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Russell wrote The ABC of Relativity in 1925, twenty years after Einstein's miracle year and ten years after general relativity — for the educated reader who wanted to actually understand what Einstein had done. Russell was perhaps the most lucid English-language explainer of his century. He walks the listener through space and time, what light is, what ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Russell wrote The ABC of Relativity in 1925, twenty years after Einstein's miracle year and ten years after general relativity — for the educated reader who wanted to actually understand what Einstein had done. Russell was perhaps the most lucid English-language explainer of his century. He walks the listener through space and time, what light is, what
... Read more
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Exploring Science through Science Fiction, Second Edition

by Barry B. Luokkala ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Series series The Science and Fiction Series
Unabridged

13 hours 11 min

This audiobook uses science fiction film as a vehicle for exploring science concepts. Over one hundred references to science fiction films and television episodes are included, spanning more than one hundred years of cinematic history. Includes numerical examples and solutions.How does Einstein’s description of space and time compare with Doctor Who? Can James Bond really escape from an armor ... Read more

$22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook uses science fiction film as a vehicle for exploring science concepts. Over one hundred references to science fiction films and television episodes are included, spanning more than one hundred years of cinematic history. Includes numerical examples and solutions.How does Einstein’s description of space and time compare with Doctor Who? Can James Bond really escape from an armor
... 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

$19.99 USD

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
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Relativistic Universe, The

Exploring The Einstein Concepts of Our Cosmology

by HENRY ROMANO ...

Narrated by RYAN MOORHEN, Robbie Smith ...

Unabridged

1 hour 51 min

From a time beyond the dawn of history, humanity has been seeking to explain the universe. At first, the effort did not concern itself further than to make a supposition as to the causes of the various phenomena presented to the senses. As knowledge increased, first by observation and later by experiment also, the ideas as to these causes passed progressively through three stages—the theological ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

From a time beyond the dawn of history, humanity has been seeking to explain the universe. At first, the effort did not concern itself further than to make a supposition as to the causes of the various phenomena presented to the senses. As knowledge increased, first by observation and later by experiment also, the ideas as to these causes passed progressively through three stages—the theological
... Read more
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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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Physics for Rock Stars

Making the Laws of the Universe Work for You

by Christine McKinley ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

From the host of the History channel’s Brad Meltzer’s Decoded: the laws of the universe like you’ve never experienced them before.This approachable audiobook explains the world of physics with clarity, humor, and a dash of adventure. Physics for Rock Stars is not a weighty treatise on science, but a personal tour of physics from a quirky friend.Anyone who’s ever wondered why nature abhors a vacuum ... Read more

$27.99 USD

From the host of the History channel’s Brad Meltzer’s Decoded: the laws of the universe like you’ve never experienced them before.This approachable audiobook explains the world of physics with clarity, humor, and a dash of adventure. Physics for Rock Stars is not a weighty treatise on science, but a personal tour of physics from a quirky friend.Anyone who’s ever wondered why nature abhors a vacuum
... 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

$12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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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

$21.99 USD

«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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