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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- Written by: Ray Kurzweil
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
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For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: The union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our creations.
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The most profound book I've read (listened) yet.
- By pranjal sisodia on 22-04-23
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The Singularity Is Near
- When Humans Transcend Biology
- Narrated by: George Wilson
- Length: 24 hrs and 38 mins
- Release Date: 10-12-19
- Language: English
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The Four Horsemen
- The Discussion That Sparked an Atheist Revolution
- Written by: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel C. Dennett,
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett,
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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Known as the ‘four horsemen’ of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the 21st century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas and exchanged insights - about religion and atheism, science and sense - speaks with urgency to our present age.
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Intelligent discussion
- By Alexander Coutinho on 03-05-24
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The Four Horsemen
- The Discussion That Sparked an Atheist Revolution
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Release Date: 14-02-19
- Language: English
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The Gene
- An Intimate History
- Written by: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
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The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history, from best-selling, prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Spanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to decipher the master code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function. The story of the gene begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856, where a monk stumbles on the idea of a 'unit of heredity'.
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Immersive, engaging.
- By Anonymous User on 10-09-24
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The Gene
- An Intimate History
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Release Date: 02-06-16
- Language: English
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H Is For Hawk
- Written by: Helen MacDonald
- Narrated by: Helen MacDonald
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
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"Winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson PrizeShortlisted for the 2014 Costa Biography Award‘. In real life, goshawks resemble sparrowhawks the way leopards resemble housecats. Bigger, yes. But bulkier, bloodier, deadlier, scarier, and much, much harder to see. Birds of deep woodland, not gardens, they’re the birdwatchers’ dark grail.’ As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T. H.
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The depth and complexity of being and not being human
- By Hiya Chatterjee on 29-07-24
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H Is For Hawk
- Narrated by: Helen MacDonald
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Release Date: 18-12-14
- Language: English
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The Universal History of Us
- A 13.8 billion year tale from the Big Bang to you
- Written by: Tim Coulson
- Narrated by: Tim Coulson
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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Do you ever find yourself wondering how we came to exist? Or how humans came to call planet Earth our home? Oxford Professor Tim Coulson uncovers the history of the entire universe from the Big Bang to human existence taking listeners of all backgrounds on a journey that covers physics, chemistry, biology, the evolution of consciousness, through to the rise of humanity. A 13.77-billion-year epic in the making, A Universal History of Me encapsulates for the general listener everything that he as a scientist has wanted to find out about life, the universe and everything in between.
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The Universal History of Us
- A 13.8 billion year tale from the Big Bang to you
- Narrated by: Tim Coulson
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release Date: 13-06-24
- Language: English
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Determined
- The Science of Life Without Free Will
- Written by: Robert M. Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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The existence of free will - our ability to choose between one course of action and another, to determine our own destiny - is a foundation stone of Western society, dictating our notions of fairness and justice, punishment and reward, our very identity as individuals and humans. But as world-renowned scientist Robert Sapolsky shows, there is not a shred of evidence to suggest that free will exists, even while everything in our biology leads us to believe that it does.
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What a closing!
- By Deb on 16-04-24
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Determined
- The Science of Life Without Free Will
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Release Date: 19-10-23
- Language: English
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How We Learn
- The New Science of Education and the Brain
- Written by: Stanislas Dehaene
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but also assures us that our abilities continue into adulthood, and that we can enhance our learning and memory at any age.
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An Eye Opener
- By Kamal Kishoore on 31-05-21
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How We Learn
- The New Science of Education and the Brain
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release Date: 28-01-20
- Language: English
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Ways of Being
- Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
- Written by: James Bridle
- Narrated by: James Bridle
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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Recent years have seen rapid advances in 'artificial' intelligence, which increasingly appears to be something stranger than we ever imagined. At the same time, we are becoming more aware of the other intelligences which have been with us all along, unrecognised. These other beings are the animals, plants and natural systems that surround us, and are slowly revealing their complexity and knowledge - just as the new technologies we've built are threatening to cause their extinction, and ours.
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Ways of Being
- Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
- Narrated by: James Bridle
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release Date: 07-04-22
- Language: English
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Uncommon Sense Teaching
- Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn
- Written by: Barbara Oakley PhD, Beth Rogowsky EdD, Terrence J. Sejnowski
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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Neuroscientists and cognitive scientists have made enormous strides in understanding the brain and how we learn, but little of that insight has filtered down to the way teachers teach. Uncommon Sense Teaching applies this research to the classroom for teachers, parents, and anyone interested in improving education.
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a book about teaching which failed to teach.
- By Rajveersinh on 17-06-24
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Uncommon Sense Teaching
- Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release Date: 15-06-21
- Language: English
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Moonwalking with Einstein
- The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
- Written by: Joshua Foer
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, Joshua Foer's part-memoir, part-guide on mastering your memory. Read by Mike Chamberlain. On average, people squander forty days annually trying to remember things they’ve forgotten. Joshua Foer used to be one of those people. But after a year of training, he found himself in the finals of the U.S.
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Nothing interesting
- By Anonymous User on 06-07-20
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Moonwalking with Einstein
- The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release Date: 05-02-12
- Language: English
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Burn
- The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism
- Written by: Herman Pontzer
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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Over the past 20 years, Evolutionary Biologist Herman Pontzer has conducted ground-breaking studies across a range of settings, including pioneering fieldwork with Hadza hunter-gatherers in northern Tanzania. This book draws on his eye-opening research to show how, contrary to received wisdom, exercise does not increase our metabolism. Instead, we burn calories within a very narrow range: nearly 3,000 calories per day, no matter our activity level.
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Good book
- By adarsh on 02-03-23
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Burn
- The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release Date: 02-03-21
- Language: English
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Origins
- How the Earth Shaped Human History
- Written by: Lewis Dartnell
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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When we talk about human history, we focus on great leaders, mass migration and decisive wars. But how has the Earth itself determined our destiny? How has our planet made us? As a species we are shaped by our environment. Geological forces drove our evolution in East Africa; mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy in Greece; and today voting behaviour in the United States follows the bed of an ancient sea. The human story is the story of these forces, from plate tectonics and climate change, to atmospheric circulation and ocean currents.
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Geological history knitted well
- By Raghav on 30-12-22
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Origins
- How the Earth Shaped Human History
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release Date: 31-01-19
- Language: English
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Pathogenesis
- How Germs Made History
- Written by: Jonathan Kennedy
- Narrated by: Jonathan Kennedy
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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This humbling and revelatory book shows how infectious disease has shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam. How did an Indonesian volcano help cause the Black Death, setting Europe on the road to capitalism? How could 168 men extract the largest ransom in history from an opposing army of eighty thousand? The latest science reveals that infectious diseases are not just something that happens to us, but a fundamental part of who we are.
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Pathogenesis
- How Germs Made History
- Narrated by: Jonathan Kennedy
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release Date: 13-04-23
- Language: English
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Science Fictions
- Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science
- Written by: Stuart Ritchie
- Narrated by: Stuart Ritchie
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Medicine, education, psychology, health, parenting - wherever it really matters, we look to science for advice. Science Fictions reveals the disturbing flaws that undermine our understanding of all of these fields and more.
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Terrific read - enjoyed every bit
- By RM on 26-09-20
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Science Fictions
- Exposing Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science
- Narrated by: Stuart Ritchie
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release Date: 16-07-20
- Language: English
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Spillover
- Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
- Written by: David Quammen
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
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As globalisation spreads and as we destroy the ancient ecosystems, we encounter strange and dangerous infections that originate in animals but that can be transmitted to humans. Diseases that were contained are being set free, and the results are potentially catastrophic. In a journey that takes him from Southern China to the Congo, from Bangladesh to Australia, David Quammen tracks these infections to their source and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth.
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Very relevant for 2020
- By shopper963 on 13-06-21
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Spillover
- Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
- Release Date: 30-04-20
- Language: English
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Finding the Mother Tree
- Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest
- Written by: Suzanne Simard
- Narrated by: Suzanne Simard
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. Raised in the forests of British Columbia, where her family has lived for generations, Professor Simard did not set out to be a scientist. She was working in the forest service when she first discovered how trees communicate underground through an immense web of fungi, at the centre of which lie the Mother Trees: the mysterious, powerful entities that nurture their kin and sustain the forest.
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Trees have agency, and they live in a society
- By Pragya Singhal on 19-01-23
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Finding the Mother Tree
- Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest
- Narrated by: Suzanne Simard
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Release Date: 04-05-21
- Language: English
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The Sports Gene
- Talent, Practice and the Truth About Success
- Written by: David Epstein
- Narrated by: David Epstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths about how and why humans excel. Along the way, Epstein exposes the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule that states that rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success.
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The Sports Gene
- Talent, Practice and the Truth About Success
- Narrated by: David Epstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release Date: 13-11-14
- Language: English
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Rutherford and Fry’s Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything
- Written by: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
- Narrated by: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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In the Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - skipping over some of the boring parts. It's a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans and the very fact that amid all the mess, we can somehow make sense of life.
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Rutherford and Fry’s Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything
- Narrated by: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release Date: 16-09-21
- Language: English
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It’s Not Hysteria
- The Truth about Pelvic Pain, Period Problems, and Your Gynaecologic Health
- Written by: Dr Karen Tang
- Narrated by: Dr Karen Tang
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Did you know that up to 90% of women experience menstrual abnormalities or pelvic problems in their lifetime? Yet these issues are overwhelmingly misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or dismissed. At a turbulent time when global health, reproductive, and human rights are under siege, Dr Tang is determined to revolutionise how gynaecologic health and pelvic pain are treated by the medical community. This book will be part of the fight for the healthcare all people with uteruses deserve - healthcare that is intersectional, gender-affirming, validating and hopeful.
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It’s Not Hysteria
- The Truth about Pelvic Pain, Period Problems, and Your Gynaecologic Health
- Narrated by: Dr Karen Tang
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release Date: 30-05-24
- Language: English
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This Is Your Mind on Plants
- Opium - Caffeine - Mescaline
- Written by: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate, calm, or completely alter the qualities of our mental experience. Michael Pollan explores three drugs - opium, caffeine and mescaline - and throws the fundamental strangeness of our thinking about them into sharp relief. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs, while consuming them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants and the equally powerful taboos.
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This Is Your Mind on Plants
- Opium - Caffeine - Mescaline
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release Date: 08-07-21
- Language: English
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