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Applied Sciences Audiobooks

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    Maskiner der tænker

    by Inga Strümke ...
    Narrated by Jesper Platz ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 36 min

    Selvom det føles nyt, kan videnskaben om kunstig intelligens spores tilbage til 1956. I bogens første del gennemgår Strümke historien om kunstig intelligens – en historie fuld af mærkelige anekdoter og sjove historier.Udviklingen i de senere år betyder, at StrChatbotten ChatGPT er på kort tid blevet et populært redskab verden over. Teknologien har taget et kvantespring. Men hvad sker der, når ... Read more

    R615,66

  • Audiobook

    Физика и Химия. Гипотезы и аксиомы

    by Александр Волков ...
    Narrated by Всеволод Кузнецов ...
    Series series Время. События. Люди

    Unabridged

    3 hours 5 min

    Основоположники европейской философии, древние греки, разделяли эту науку на физику, логику и этику, называя физикой учение о бытии, логикой – учение о познании и этикой – учение о ценностях. Неудивительно, что важнейшая для них модель натурфилософии (для нас – физики) – учение о четырех стихиях, или четырех первоэлементах – создается философами, пытавшимися понять, как возник окружающий мир, что ... Read more

    R63,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Астрономия. Теории и факты

    by Александр Волков ...
    Narrated by Всеволод Кузнецов ...
    Series series Время. События. Люди

    Unabridged

    3 hours 7 min

    Вот уже более двух десятилетий, с тех пор как была открыта первая экзопланета – планета, лежащая за пределами Солнечной системы, - астрономы ведут поиск "второй Земли", где сложились условия обитания, схожие с земными. Противоземля – тоже двойник Земли, но искать ее следовало не в далеких звездных мирах, а совсем рядом. Она якобы обращалась по той же орбите, что и Земля, двигаясь синхронно с ней, ... Read more

    R63,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    In a Flight of Starlings

    The Wonder of Complex Systems

    by Giorgio Parisi ...
    Narrated by Stephen Graybill ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 29 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.From the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, a remarkable journey into the practice of groundbreaking scienceThe world is shaped by complexity. In this enlightening book, Nobel Prize winner Giorgio Parisi guides us through his unorthodox yet exhilarating work to show us how. It all starts with investigating the principles of physics by observing the sophisticated flight ... Read more

    R303,51

  • Audiobook

    Pseudoscience

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael D. Gordin ...
    Narrated by Kyle Snyder ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 19 min

    Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience," typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Given the virulence of contemporary disputes over the denial of climate change and anti-vaccination movements—both of which display allegations of "pseudoscience" on all sides—there is a clear need to better understand issues of scientific ... Read more

    R237,27

  • Audiobook

    Ten Short Lessons in Renewable Energy

    by Dr Stephen Peake ...
    Narrated by David Vickery ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 52 min

    Dr Stephen Peake takes us on a guided tour of the ten most essential aspects of this timely and fast-moving science, examining the important transition from fossil fuels to clean energy that is already happening around the world.Renewable energy use is on the rise around the world, becoming a key focus of government policy and big business - and for very good reason. Not only are we facing the ... Read more

    R249,06

  • Audiobook

    Quantum Computing

    The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution

    by Brian Clegg ...
    Narrated by Greg Wagland ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 39 min

    The ultimate non-technical guide to the fast-developing world of quantum computing.Computer technology has improved exponentially over the last 50 years. But the headroom for bigger and better electronic solutions is running out. Our best hope is to engage the power of quantum physics. ‘Quantum algorithms’ had already been written long before hardware was built. These would enable, for example, a ... Read more

    R249,06

  • Audiobook

    Book of Why, The

    The New Science of Cause and Effect

    by Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie ...
    Narrated by Mel Foster ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 14 min

    How the study of causality revolutionized science and the world"Correlation does not imply causation." This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades, and has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed causality--the study of cause and effect- ... Read more

    R821,76

  • Audiobook

    De onbevreesde organisatie

    by Amy C. Edmondson ...
    Narrated by Liselot Thomassen ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 27 min

    Met ‘The Fearless Organization’, vertaald als ‘De onbevreesde organisatie’, zet Amy C. Edmondson het begrip psychologische veiligheid binnen organisaties en teams op de kaart. Dit veelgeprezen boek is gebaseerd op twintig jaar diepgaand onderzoek. ‘De onbevreesde organisatie’ toont met vele overtuigende praktijkvoorbeelden en wetenschappelijke onderbouwing aan dat een bedrijf pas tot werkelijke ... Read more

    R433,87 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Decoding the World

    by Po Bronson, Arvind Gupta ...
    Narrated by Po Bronson, Arvind Gupta ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 18 min

    A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta, venture capitalists from Silicon Valley, take everyday news headlines and decode them, leading us on a journey through their unique and highly entertaining view of the world. Each chapter is prefaced with a real-world headline from today's chaotic news cycle: Dying bees. Rogue ... Read more

    R547,78

  • Audiobook

    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

    R419,92

  • Audiobook

    Can Medicine be Cured?

    by Seamus O'Mahony ...
    Narrated by Brian Walsh ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 30 min

    A fierce, honest, elegant and often hilarious debunking of the great fallacies that drive modern medicine.Seamus O'Mahony writes about the illusion of progress, the notion that more and more diseases can be 'conquered' ad infinitum. He punctures the idiocy of consumerism, the idea that healthcare can be endlessly adapted to the wishes of individuals. He excoriates the claims of Big Science, the ... Read more

    R270,01

  • Audiobook

    Künstliche Intelligenz - Dem Menschen überlegen - wie KI uns rettet und bedroht (Ungekürzte Lesung)

    by Manfred Spitzer ...
    Narrated by Julian Mehne ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 13 min

    Künstliche Intelligenz: Expertenwissen gegen Hysterie Der renommierte Gehirnforscher, Psychiater und Bestseller-Autor Manfred Spitzer ist ein ausgewiesener Experte für neuronale Netze, auf denen KI aufbaut. Sein topaktuelles Hörbuch über künstliche Intelligenz informiert, klärt auf - und macht klar, dass niemand vorhersehen kann, ob mit KI Rettung oder Untergang auf die Menschheit zukommt. "Wir ... Read more

    R316,35 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Cell, The

    Discovering the Microscopic World that Determines Our Health, Our Consciousness, and Our Future

    by Joshua Z. Rappoport ...
    Narrated by Greg D. Barnett ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 42 min

    Your body has trillions of cells, and each one has the complexity and dynamism of a city. Your life, your thoughts, your diseases, and your health are all the function of cells.But what do you really know about what goes on inside you?The last time most people thought about cells in any detail was probably in high school or a college general biology class. But the field of cell biology has ... Read more

    R657,37

  • Audiobook

    Liquid Rules

    The Delightful & Dangerous Substances that Flow Through Our Lives

    by Mark Miodownik ...
    Narrated by Michael Page ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 16 min

    A Physics Today Best Book of 2019Finalist for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, and always fascinating: the New York Times bestselling author of Stuff Matters offers an "entertaining discussion of the various ways our lives are enriched by fluids” (The Wall Street Journal).We know that we need water to survive, and ... Read more

    R365,12

  • Audiobook

    Together We Rise

    Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

    by The Women's March Organizers2, Condé Nast4 ...
    Narrated by Ashley Judd, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Melanie L. Campbell, Judith LeBlanc, Cindi Leive, Ai-jen Poo, Robin Miles, January LaVoy, Therese Plummer, James Fouhey, Jia Angeli Carla Tolentino0, Aisha Al-Adawiya1, The Women's March Organizers3 ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 49 min

    An audiobook for the ages featuring the voices of Women's March Organizers, as well as Ashley Judd, Jia Tolentino, Cindi Leive, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sister Aisha Al-Adawiya, Melanie Campbell, Judith LeBlanc, Ai-Jen Poo, Robin Miles, January LaVoy, Thérèse Plummer, and James Fouhey.In celebration of the one-year anniversary of Women’s March, this oral history offers an unprecedented, front-row ... Read more

    R438,18

  • Audiobook

    The Power of Bad

    And How to Overcome It

    by John Tierney, Roy F. Baumeister ...
    Narrated by Paul Bellantoni ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 9 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.From the international bestselling authors of WillpowerWhy does a bad impression last longer than a good one? Why does losing money affect us more than gaining it? What makes phobias so hard to shake?The answer is the negativity bias - or in other words, the power of bad. As John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister show, we are wired to react to bad over good. It makes sense in ... Read more

    R281,83

  • Audiobook

    Adventures from the Technology Underground

    Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons, and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them

    by William Gurstelle ...
    Narrated by Marc Cashman ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 23 min

    The technology underground is a thriving, humming, and often literally scintillating subculture of amateur inventors and scientific envelope-pushers who dream up, design, and build machines that whoosh, rumble, fly—and occasionally hurl pumpkins across enormous distances. In the process they astonish us with what is possible when human imagination and ingenuity meet nature’s forces and materials. ... Read more

    R273,98

  • Audiobook

    Перерастая бога. Пособие для начинающих

    by Ричард Докинз, Ричард Докинз ...
    Narrated by Константин Корольков ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 13 min

    Новый бестселлер, меняющий мировоззрение, от автора «Эгоистичный ген».Ричард Докинз известен миру не только как выдающийся эволюционный биолог, но и как один из самых ярких мыслителей современности. С его активной позицией по вопросам религии многие готовы поспорить, но это глубоко содержательные, аргументированные споры, в которых рождается если не истина, то просвещение. ... Read more

    R159,00

  • Audiobook

    Tesla

    by Margaret Cheney ...
    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 34 min

    In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors.Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world ... Read more

    R547,78

  • Audiobook

    You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

    by Janelle Shane ...
    Narrated by Xe Sands ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 33 min

    'I can't think of a better way to learn about artificial intelligence, and I've never had so much fun along the way' Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Option BAI is everywhere. It powers the autocorrect function of your iPhone, helps Google Translate understand the complexity of language, and interprets your behaviour to decide which of your friends' Facebook posts you ... Read more

    R456,45

  • Audiobook

    It's a Gas

    The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand Our World

    by Prof. Mark Miodownik ...
    Narrated by Daniel Weyman ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.The secret life of gases - the strange, elusive and fascinating substances that shape our world, from the author of the best-selling, prize-winning Stuff Matters**Why are most gases invisible, odourless and tasteless? Why do some poison us and others make us laugh? And why do some power our engines while others make drinks fizzy? In It's a Gas*, Mark Miodownik ... Read more

    R303,51

  • Audiobook

    Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering: Revolutionizing the Present and Beyond

    by Mecha Summarizer ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Mia G ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 13 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Possibilities: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering takes readers on an exploration of this ever-evolving field.From its humble beginnings to the revolutionary technologies it has spawned, this book delves into every aspect of biotechnology and genetic engineering - from their applications to potential benefits, challenges, and ethical concerns ... Read more

    R91,33 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Canulars, fraudes et supercheries scientifiques

    Les tromperies de l'intelligence

    by Alma ...
    Narrated by Alma ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 43 min

    Plongez dans un voyage captivant à travers les méandres de l'histoire scientifique, où les tromperies, les fraudes et les canulars ont parfois éclipsé la vérité et semé le doute dans l'esprit des chercheurs et du grand public. Dans "Canulars, fraudes et supercheries scientifiques", nous explorons les plus grands tours de passe-passe, les fraudes spectaculaires et les canulars audacieux qui ont ... Read more

    R72,88 or Free with Kobo Plus