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    Einstein Audiobook By Walter Isaacson cover art
    • Einstein

    • His Life and Universe
    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
    • Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,183
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,884
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,913

    Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • This is the kind of book that deserves a Pulitzer

    • By Amazon Customer on 05-08-07
    Einstein

    By: Walter Isaacson

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook By Rebecca Skloot cover art
    • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    • By: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15,618
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12,827
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12,870

    Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Many stories in one

    • By Ryan on 04-14-12
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    By: Rebecca Skloot

    Humankind Audiobook By Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton cover art
    • Humankind

    • A Hopeful History
    • By: Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton
    • Narrated by: Rutger Bregman, Thomas Judd
    • Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,654
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,434
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,424

    If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • He’s correct but he misrepresented the data

    • By Andrea Allen on 02-09-21
    Humankind

    By: Rutger Bregman, and others

    Stiff Audiobook By Mary Roach cover art
    • Stiff

    • The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    • By: Mary Roach
    • Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
    • Length: 8 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,824
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,819
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,816

    An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • I worked with cadavers for years, but....

    • By Linda on 11-11-12
    Stiff

    By: Mary Roach

    The Making of the Atomic Bomb Audiobook By Richard Rhodes cover art
    • The Making of the Atomic Bomb

    • 25th Anniversary Edition
    • By: Richard Rhodes
    • Narrated by: Holter Graham
    • Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,445
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,130
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,111

    Here for the first time, in rich human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wow... Grade A+ ... Exceptional.

    • By SPFJR on 03-15-16
    The Making of the Atomic Bomb

    By: Richard Rhodes

    The Icepick Surgeon Audiobook By Sam Kean cover art
    • The Icepick Surgeon

    • Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
    • By: Sam Kean
    • Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
    • Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 772
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 675
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 672

    Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn’t everything, it’s the only thing—no matter the cost....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • FANTASTIC! & What’s up with all these naysayers (negative reviewers)?!

    • By H. Zophie Leslea on 08-19-21
    The Icepick Surgeon

    By: Sam Kean

    Einstein Audiobook By Walter Isaacson cover art
    • Einstein

    • His Life and Universe
    • By: Walter Isaacson
    • Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
    • Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 14,183
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,884
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 10,913

    Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • This is the kind of book that deserves a Pulitzer

    • By Amazon Customer on 05-08-07
    Einstein

    By: Walter Isaacson

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook By Rebecca Skloot cover art
    • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    • By: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 15,618
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12,827
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 12,870

    Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Many stories in one

    • By Ryan on 04-14-12
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    By: Rebecca Skloot

    Humankind Audiobook By Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton cover art
    • Humankind

    • A Hopeful History
    • By: Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton
    • Narrated by: Rutger Bregman, Thomas Judd
    • Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,654
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,434
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,424

    If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • He’s correct but he misrepresented the data

    • By Andrea Allen on 02-09-21
    Humankind

    By: Rutger Bregman, and others

    Stiff Audiobook By Mary Roach cover art
    • Stiff

    • The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
    • By: Mary Roach
    • Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
    • Length: 8 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,824
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,819
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,816

    An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • I worked with cadavers for years, but....

    • By Linda on 11-11-12
    Stiff

    By: Mary Roach

    The Making of the Atomic Bomb Audiobook By Richard Rhodes cover art
    • The Making of the Atomic Bomb

    • 25th Anniversary Edition
    • By: Richard Rhodes
    • Narrated by: Holter Graham
    • Length: 37 hrs and 16 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,445
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,130
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,111

    Here for the first time, in rich human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb was developed....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Wow... Grade A+ ... Exceptional.

    • By SPFJR on 03-15-16
    The Making of the Atomic Bomb

    By: Richard Rhodes

    The Icepick Surgeon Audiobook By Sam Kean cover art
    • The Icepick Surgeon

    • Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
    • By: Sam Kean
    • Narrated by: Ben Sullivan
    • Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 772
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 675
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 672

    Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn’t everything, it’s the only thing—no matter the cost....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • FANTASTIC! & What’s up with all these naysayers (negative reviewers)?!

    • By H. Zophie Leslea on 08-19-21
    The Icepick Surgeon

    By: Sam Kean

    Chaos Audiobook By James Gleick cover art
    • Chaos

    • Making a New Science
    • By: James Gleick
    • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,490
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,234
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,220

    James Gleick explains the theories behind the fascinating new science called chaos. Alongside relativity and quantum mechanics, it is being hailed as the 20th century's third revolution....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Best AudioBook on Math/Physics yet

    • By Ryanman on 03-02-11
    Chaos

    By: James Gleick

    The Great Influenza Audiobook By John M. Barry cover art
    • The Great Influenza

    • The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
    • By: John M. Barry
    • Narrated by: Scott Brick
    • Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,611
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,195
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,182

    In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Gripping and Gory

    • By Nancy on 07-01-08
    The Great Influenza

    By: John M. Barry

    Ravenous Audiobook By Sam Apple cover art
    • Ravenous

    • Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection
    • By: Sam Apple
    • Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
    • Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 122
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 104
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 103

    The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat - and what it means for how we should....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Highly recommended, a must read.

    • By Joerg on 06-10-21
    Ravenous

    By: Sam Apple

    The Man from the Future Audiobook By Ananyo Bhattacharya cover art
    • The Man from the Future

    • The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
    • By: Ananyo Bhattacharya
    • Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
    • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 132
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 118
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 117

     

    The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Nuclear weapons and self-replicating spacecrafts. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable, yet largely overlooked, man: John von Neumann....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Amazing story of an amazing man!

    • By Bryan Miller on 03-29-22
    The Man from the Future

    By: Ananyo Bhattacharya

    Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field Audiobook By Nancy Forbes, Basil Mahon cover art
    • Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field

    • How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
    • By: Nancy Forbes, Basil Mahon
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 187
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 162
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 163

    Two of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). This is the story of how these two men - separated in age by 40 years - discovered the existence of the electromagnetic field....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Amazing narration of an incredibly well told story

    • By Paul de Jong on 03-01-21
    Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field

    By: Nancy Forbes, and others

    The Disappearing Spoon Audiobook By Sam Kean cover art
    • The Disappearing Spoon

    • And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
    • By: Sam Kean
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 5,840
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,609
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,618

    Science Magazine reporter Sam Kean reveals the periodic table as it’s never been seen before....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • One great book

    • By Robert on 01-26-11
    The Disappearing Spoon

    By: Sam Kean

    The Invisible Rainbow Audiobook By Arthur Firstenberg cover art
    • The Invisible Rainbow

    • A History of Electricity and Life
    • By: Arthur Firstenberg
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 115
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 101
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 99

    Over the last 220 years, society has evolved a universal belief that electricity is "safe" for humanity and the planet. Scientist and journalist Arthur Firstenberg disrupts this conviction by telling the story of electricity in a way it has never been told before.... 

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Lot's of conspiracy myths

    • By Amazon Customer on 09-21-21
    The Invisible Rainbow

    By: Arthur Firstenberg

    Origin Audiobook By Jennifer Raff cover art
    • Origin

    • A Genetic History of the Americas
    • By: Jennifer Raff
    • Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau, Jennifer Raff - Interview, Yvonne Russo - Interview
    • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 135
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 121
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 119

    From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story - and fascinating mystery - of how humans migrated to the Americas....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A Superb Account Of The Science Of Indigenous American Anthropology

    • By Linda S. on 02-21-22
    Origin

    By: Jennifer Raff

    American Sherlock Audiobook By Kate Winkler Dawson cover art
    • American Sherlock

    • Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI
    • By: Kate Winkler Dawson
    • Narrated by: Kate Winkler Dawson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 583
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 516
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 513

    From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the 20th century....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Always use a professional Editor and Reader

    • By Steven F. Schroeder on 02-19-20
    American Sherlock

    By: Kate Winkler Dawson

    Einstein's Fridge Audiobook By Paul Sen cover art
    • Einstein's Fridge

    • How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe
    • By: Paul Sen
    • Narrated by: Malk Williams
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 87
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 70
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 70

     Einstein’s Fridge tells the incredible epic story of the scientists who, over two centuries, harnessed the power of heat and ice and formulated a theory essential to comprehending our universe....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Amazing book!

    • By Verma Ajay on 03-29-21
    Einstein's Fridge

    By: Paul Sen

    Elusive Audiobook By Frank Close cover art
    • Elusive

    • How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass
    • By: Frank Close
    • Narrated by: Richard Burnip
    • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      0 out of 5 stars 0
    • Performance
      0 out of 5 stars 0
    • Story
      0 out of 5 stars 0

    The first major biography of Peter Higgs reveals how a short burst of work changed modern physics....

    Elusive

    By: Frank Close

    1493 Audiobook By Charles C. Mann cover art
    • 1493

    • Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
    • By: Charles C. Mann
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,953
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,634
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,634

    More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Fascinating Mindbending History.

    • By Betsy Powel on 12-19-11
    1493

    By: Charles C. Mann

    The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Audiobook By Richard P. Feynman cover art
    • The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

    • The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
    • By: Richard P. Feynman
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,650
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,427
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,419

    The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Interesting, but material is covered in better book.

    • By Erlend on 04-06-16
    The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

    By: Richard P. Feynman

    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Audiobook By Thomas S. Kuhn cover art
    • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    • By: Thomas S. Kuhn
    • Narrated by: Dennis Holland
    • Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 1,045
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 750
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 733

    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is essential listening for understanding the history, philosophy, and evolution of science....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Great book but a hard listen.

    • By Jonathan on 04-09-12
    The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    By: Thomas S. Kuhn

    Where Good Ideas Come From Audiobook By Steven Johnson cover art
    • Where Good Ideas Come From

    • The Natural History of Innovation
    • By: Steven Johnson
    • Narrated by: Eric Singer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,262
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 940
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 933

    What sparks the flash of brilliance? One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on - in exhilarating style - one of our key questions....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Ambitious

    • By Roy on 12-08-10
    Where Good Ideas Come From

    By: Steven Johnson

    Longitude Audiobook By Dava Sobel cover art
    • Longitude

    • By: Dava Sobel
    • Narrated by: Kate Reading, Neil Armstrong
    • Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,084
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 932
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 932

    An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, Longitude is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • To hear Neil Armstongs Voice

    • By Boots on 01-19-13
    Longitude

    By: Dava Sobel

    The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe Audiobook By Steven Novella, Bob Novella - contributor, Cara Santa Maria - contributor, J
    • The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

    • How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
    • By: Steven Novella, Bob Novella - contributor, Cara Santa Maria - contributor, and others
    • Narrated by: Steven Novella
    • Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,849
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,628
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,614

    An all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking from podcast host and academic neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine Steven Novella and his SGU co-hosts, which Richard Wiseman calls "the perfect primer for anyone who wants to separate fact from fiction"....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Buyer Beware

    • By Dawn M. Davidson on 01-16-20
    The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

    By: Steven Novella, and others

    A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts Audiobook By Andrew Chaikin cover art
    • A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

    • By: Andrew Chaikin
    • Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
    • Length: 23 hrs
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 4,138
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,796
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,779

    This book conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Long, comforting book on moon exploration

    • By Mark on 06-17-16
    A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

    By: Andrew Chaikin

    The Information Audiobook By James Gleick cover art
    • The Information

    • A History, a Theory, a Flood
    • By: James Gleick
    • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
    • Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,857
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,404
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,404

    James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: A revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Made me nostalgic

    • By Amazon Customer on 05-07-11
    The Information

    By: James Gleick

    The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Audiobook By Sam Kean cover art
    • The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

    • The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
    • By: Sam Kean
    • Narrated by: Henry Leyva
    • Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,360
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,203
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,204

    The author of the best seller The Disappearing Spoon reveals the secret inner workings of the brain through strange but true stories....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Detailed but not overly Technical

    • By Michael on 05-06-15
    The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

    By: Sam Kean

    The Myth of Race Audiobook By Robert Wald Sussman cover art
    • The Myth of Race

    • The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
    • By: Robert Wald Sussman
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 172
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 140
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 139

    Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions. Pondering the continuing influence of racist research and thought, despite all evidence to the contrary, Robert Wald Sussman explains why....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • An important look at race, genetics, & politics

    • By Elisabeth Carey on 03-29-18
    The Myth of Race

    By: Robert Wald Sussman

    Some Assembly Required Audiobook By Neil Shubin cover art
    • Some Assembly Required

    • Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
    • By: Neil Shubin
    • Narrated by: Marc Cashman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 252
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 209
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 209

    An exciting and accessible new view of the evolution of human and animal life on Earth. From the author of national bestseller, Your Inner Fish, this extraordinary journey of discovery spans centuries, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Interesting but thin. ANNOYING narration

    • By MSB on 04-10-20
    Some Assembly Required

    By: Neil Shubin

    Lost Enlightenment Audiobook By S. Frederick Starr cover art
    • Lost Enlightenment

    • Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
    • By: S. Frederick Starr
    • Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
    • Length: 25 hrs and 16 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 457
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 396
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 394

    Lost Enlightenment chronicles this forgotten age of achievement, seeks to explain its rise, and explores the competing theories about the cause of its eventual demise....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • What a wonderful find!

    • By Julia on 11-10-13
    Lost Enlightenment

    By: S. Frederick Starr

    Lost in Math Audiobook By Sabine Hossenfelder cover art
    • Lost in Math

    • How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
    • By: Sabine Hossenfelder
    • Narrated by: Laura Jennings
    • Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 844
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 739
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