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Applied Sciences Audiobooks

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    Decoding the World

    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

    R573,19

  • Audiobook

    Make, Think, Imagine

    Engineering the Future of Civilisation

    by John Browne ...
    Narrated by Kris Dyer ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 30 min

    An impassioned defence of progress and innovation and an argument for social responsibility from engineer, business leader and former CEO of BP Lord John Browne. Today's unprecedented pace of change leaves many people wondering what new technologies are doing to our lives. Has social media robbed us of our privacy and fed us with false information? Are the decisions about our health, security and ... Read more

    R299,15 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Die Wirklichkeit ist auch nicht wahr

    Die faszinierende Physik der Sinne – und wie sie unsere Wahrnehmung bestimmt

    Narrated by Michael J. Diekmann ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 53 min

    Warum fühlt sich im Sommer eine Metallplatte viel heißer an als eine Holzplatte – auch wenn beide dieselbe Temperatur haben? Warum nehmen Fledermäuse Töne wahr, wo für uns alles still ist? Und ist das Rot, das ich sehe, dasselbe Rot, wie du es siehst? In unserem Kopf ist die Welt bunt, warm, laut oder wohlgeordnet – aber ist sie das auch wirklich? Bestsellerautor Florian Aigner entführt uns in ... Read more

    R374,31 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Ten Short Lessons in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

    Narrated by David Vickery ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 18 min

    Leading computer science expert Professor Peter J. Bentley breaks down the fast-moving world of computers in the time of automata into ten pivotal lessons.In Ten Short Lessons in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, leading expert Professor Peter J. Bentley breaks down the fast-moving world of computers in the time of automata into ten pivotal lessons, presenting the reader with the essential ... Read more

    R192,16 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    On Rumours

    How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done

    Narrated by William Hope ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 59 min

    Rumours are as old as human history, but with the rise of the internet it's now possible to spread stories about anyone, anywhere, instantly. In the 2008 US election many Americans believed Barack Obama was a Muslim. The conspiracy theory book 9/11: The Big Lie has become a bestseller. Hearsay has fuelled economic boom and bust - so much so that in many places it's now a crime to circulate false ... Read more

    R192,16 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Starry Messenger

    Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation

    Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 17 min

    Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time–war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism–in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.In a time when our political and cultural perspectives feel more divisive than ... Read more

    R342,00

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    Песнь клетки. Медицинские исследования и новый человек

    Series series Элементы 2.0

    Unabridged

    17 hours

    Онколог Сиддхартха Мукерджи наглядно, живым языком и при помощи доступных метафор объясняет невероятную сложность клеточных взаимодействий в организме, рассказывает об истории медицины и об эволюции восприятия человеческого тела в науке: от целостного конструкта к "зданию", собранному из бессчетного множества отдельных и независимых "кирпичиков", и к сложной системе, рожденной из плотного ... Read more

    R339,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    It's a Gas

    The Magnificent and Elusive Elements that Expand Our World

    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

    R312,34

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    Space Oddities

    The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding Of The Universe

    Narrated by Dr Harry Cliff ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 51 min

    **Read by the author, Harry Cliff.'As fascinating as its title suggests . . . Cliff recounts with vivid clarity the stories of some of the most striking oddnesses that have lit up the landscape of modern physics.' – Philip PullmanNewly discovered strangenesses could transform our understanding of the fundamentals of physics – and of the nature of reality. In this eye-opening account, CERN ... Read more

    R289,80

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    Unberechenbar: Das Leben ist mehr als eine Gleichung

    Narrated by Clemens Benke ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 19 min

    Gibt es eine perfekte Gesellschaft? Nein. Aber in welcher Gesellschaft wollen wir leben – vor allem, wenn es schwierig wird? Helfen da Physik, Mathematik oder die Wirtschaft? Harald Lesch und Thomas Schwartz analysieren mit Scharfsinn und Witz, welche Missstände und Fehlentwicklungen uns beschäftigen. Viel wichtiger aber: Sie begnügen sich nicht mit Krisen-Gejammer, sie wollen mehr. Ihre Schlüsse ... Read more

    R309,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Together We Rise

    Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World

    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

    R458,51

  • Audiobook

    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

    R631,57

  • Audiobook

    Biomimetics

    How Lessons From Nature Can Transform Technology

    by Brian Clegg ...
    Narrated by Mark Peachey ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 48 min

    An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.Biomimetics literally means emulating biology - and in a broader sense the term covers technological advances where the original inspiration came from nature. The Earth is a vast laboratory where the mechanisms of natural selection have enabled evolutionary solutions to be developed to ... Read more

    R256,31 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall

    Narrated by KERSTIN LOPEGA ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 51 min

    The principles of economics are the foundational concepts that explain how people, businesses, and governments manage scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. Most modern introductions, such as the one found in Gregory Mankiw's Principles of Economics, categorize these ideas into three main levels of analysis. ... Read more

    R389,51 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Астрономия. Теории и факты

    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

    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

    R76,26 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Is That a Fact?

    Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life

    Narrated by Garrett Goodison ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 31 min

    Dr. Joe Schwarcz takes on the quacks and doles out the facts in this eye-opening look at the science around usEat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what’s best for the environment. In Is That a Fact?, bestselling author Dr. Joe Schwarcz ... Read more

    R382,06 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Can Medicine be Cured?

    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

    R277,86 or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Ten Short Lessons in Renewable Energy

    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

    R256,31 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Quantum Steampunk

    The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow

    Narrated by Raechel Wong ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 11 min

    Victorian era steam engines and particle physics may seem worlds apart, yet a new branch of science, quantum thermodynamics, reenvisions the scientific underpinnings of the Industrial Revolution through the lens of today's roaring quantum information revolution. Classical thermodynamics needs reimagining to take advantage of quantum mechanics, the basic framework that explores the nature of ... Read more

    R382,06

  • Audiobook

    Race for Tomorrow

    Survival, Innovation and Profit on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

    by Simon Mundy ...
    Narrated by Simon Mundy ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 47 min

    As featured on CNN’s Amanpour & Company and BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week with Andrew Marr One of the Financial Times’ best books of 2021In this compelling journey through twenty-six countries, Simon Mundy traces how the struggle to respond to the climate crisis is rapidly reshaping the modern world – shattering communities, shaking global business and propelling waves of cutting-edge innovation ... Read more

    R384,59

  • Audiobook

    Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 1

    The Flying Car and the Privatization of Space

    Series Audiobook 1 - Doctor Geek’s Laboratory

    Unabridged

    6 hours 3 min

    Science fiction meets real-world technology in Doctor Geek's Laboratory, Season 1It's the twenty-first century—have you ever wondered what happened to all those inventions, conveniences, and other concepts the future was supposed to bring? Doctor Geek's Laboratory, Season 1 explores all the realms of applied geekdom, examining the future that was, the future that is, and the future that has not ... Read more

    R266,62 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Book of Why, The

    The New Science of Cause and Effect

    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

    R859,87

  • Audiobook

    De onbevreesde organisatie

    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

    R445,15 or Free with Kobo Plus