Space Memoir
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The World According to Cunk
- An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever, Space Permitting
- By: Philomena Cunk, Ben Caudell
- Narrated by: Philomena Cunk
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
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Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Revolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War! All of this (except trumpets) and more, is covered in this definitive, easy-clean history of all world history so far, written by the 21st Century's leading historian, philosopher and thinkerer Philomena Cunk.
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The World According to Cunk
- An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever, Space Permitting
- Narrated by: Philomena Cunk
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 03-10-24
- Language: English
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Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Revolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War! All of this (except trumpets) is covered in this definitive, easy-clean history of all world history so far.
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Failure Is Not an Option
- Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- By: Gene Kranz
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race.
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Interesting for the enthusiast
- By R King on 21-03-14
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Failure Is Not an Option
- Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 29-08-11
- Language: English
- Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades....
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Space
- The Human Story
- By: Tim Peake
- Narrated by: Tim Peake
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Full of exclusive new stories, and astonishing detail only an astronaut would know, the book conveys what space exploration is really like: the wondrous view of Earth, the surreal weightlessness, the extraordinary danger, the surprising humdrum, the unexpected humour, the newfound perspective, the years of training, the psychological pressures, the gruelling physical toll, the thrill of launch and the trepidation of re-entry. The book also examines the surprising, shocking and often poignant stories of astronauts back on Earth, whose lives are forever changed as they readjust to terra firma.
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The Re -Entry
- By J.G.Houlton on 22-06-24
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Space
- The Human Story
- Narrated by: Tim Peake
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 26-10-23
- Language: English
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Only 628 people in human history have left Earth. In Space: The Human Story, astronaut Tim Peake traces the lives of these remarkable men and women who have forged the way, from Yuri Gagarin to Neil Armstrong, from Valentina Tereshkova to Peggy Whitson....
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The German Aces Speak
- World War II Through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders
- By: Anne-Marie Lewis, Jon Guttman, Brigadier General Robin Olds USAF - Ret., and others
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Few perspectives epitomize the sheer drama and sacrifice of combat more perfectly than those of the fighter pilots of World War II. As romanticized as any soldier in history, the World War II fighter pilot was viewed as larger than life: a dashing soul waging war amongst the clouds. In the 65-plus years since the Allied victory, stories of these pilots' heroics have never been in short supply. But what about their adversaries - the highly skilled German aviators who pushed the Allies to the very brink of defeat?
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Absolute bore.
- By Stephen Howlett on 05-02-19
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The German Aces Speak
- World War II Through the Eyes of Four of the Luftwaffe's Most Important Commanders
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 17-10-17
- Language: English
- Few perspectives epitomize the sheer drama and sacrifice of combat more perfectly than those of the fighter pilots of World War II. As romanticized as any soldier in history....
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Space Is the Place
- The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
- By: John Szwed
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra - a.k.a. Herman Blount - was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn. He recorded over 200 albums with his Arkestra, which, dressed in Egypto-space costumes, played everything from boogie-woogie and swing to fusion and free jazz.
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Well that was quite the story and experience!
- By L. Alexander on 22-06-22
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Space Is the Place
- The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-11-21
- Language: English
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Considered by many to be a founder of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra - a.k.a. Herman Blount - was a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, philosopher, entrepreneur, poet, and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn....
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The Jazz of Physics
- The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
- By: Stephon Alexander
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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More than 50 years ago, John Coltrane drew the 12 musical notes in a circle and connected them with straight lines, forming a five-pointed star. Inspired by Einstein, Coltrane had put physics and geometry at the core of his music. Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander returns the favor, using jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe.
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Extremely boring!
- By KWV on 09-09-16
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The Jazz of Physics
- The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 19-05-16
- Language: English
- Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander uses jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe....
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What Stars Are Made Of
- The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
- By: Donovan Moore, Jocelyn Bell Burnell - foreword
- Narrated by: Donovan Moore, Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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It was not easy being a woman of ambition in early 20th-century England, much less one who wished to be a scientist. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin overcame prodigious obstacles to become a woman of many firsts: the first to receive a PhD in astronomy from Radcliffe College, the first promoted to full professor at Harvard, the first to head a department there. And, in what has been called "the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy", she was the first to describe what stars are made of.
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An incredible life.
- By Epic time l jade most helpful on 23-12-23
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What Stars Are Made Of
- The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
- Narrated by: Donovan Moore, Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 25-08-20
- Language: English
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin overcame prodigious obstacles to become a woman of many firsts: In what has been called "the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy", she was the first to describe what stars are made of....
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Time Traveler
- A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality
- By: Dr. Ronald L. Mallett, Bruce Henderson - contributor
- Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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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 a solution of Einstein's equation that might allow for time travel.
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Time Traveler
- A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality
- Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 12-04-22
- Language: English
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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...
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The Last Stargazers
- The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
- By: Emily Levesque
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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In The Last Stargazers, Emily Levesque reveals the hidden world of the professional astronomer. She celebrates an era of ingenuity and curiosity and asks us to think twice before we cast aside our sense of wonder at the universe.
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Waffle
- By JM on 26-05-24
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The Last Stargazers
- The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 26-01-21
- Language: English
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In The Last Stargazers, Emily Levesque reveals the hidden world of the professional astronomer. She celebrates an era of ingenuity and curiosity and asks us to think twice before we cast aside our sense of wonder at the universe....
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Black in White Space
- The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life
- By: Elijah Anderson
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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A birder strolling in Central Park. A college student lounging on a university quad. Two men sitting in a coffee shop. Perfectly ordinary actions in ordinary settings—and yet, they sparked jarring and inflammatory responses that involved the police and attracted national media coverage. Why? In essence, Elijah Anderson would argue, because these were Black people existing in white spaces. In this book, Anderson brings his immense knowledge and ethnography to bear in this timely study of the racial barriers that are still firmly entrenched in our society at every class level.
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Black in White Space
- The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 20-09-22
- Language: English
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In Black in White Space, Anderson brings his immense knowledge and ethnography to bear in this timely study of the racial barriers that are still firmly entrenched in our society at every class level....
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Jewish Space Lasers
- The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories
- By: Mike Rothschild
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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In 2018 Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene took to social media to share her suspicions that the California wildfires were started by 'space solar generators' which were funded by powerful, mysterious backers. Instantly, thousands of people rallied around her, blaming the fires on "Jewish space lasers" and, ultimately, the Rothschild family. For more than 200 years, the name "Rothschild" has been synonymous with two things: great wealth, and conspiracy theories about what they're "really doing" with it.
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Very Interesting
- By Anonymous User on 23-11-23
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Jewish Space Lasers
- The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories
- Narrated by: Jon Vertullo
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 19-09-23
- Language: English
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The strange tale of how one Jewish family—the Rothschilds—became a lightning rod for conspiracy theories over the course of the last two centuries....
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The Empty Space
- By: Peter Brook
- Narrated by: Adrian Lester
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
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Peter Brook's seminal book, The Empty Space, sets out many of the ideas about theater which have informed his lifelong work as a theater director, from his iconic "white box" production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and his groundbreaking adaptation of The Mahabharata, to his ongoing work at the International Centre for Theatre Research. More than 50 years on from its first publication in 1968, The Empty Space remains a cornerstone of thinking about theater.
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deadly book
- By Justin Lines/Lucy Panes on 08-03-23
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The Empty Space
- Narrated by: Adrian Lester
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 18-05-22
- Language: English
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Peter Brook's seminal book, The Empty Space, sets out many of the ideas about theater which have informed his lifelong work as a theater director, from his iconic production of A Midsummer Night's Dream to his ongoing work at the International Centre for Theatre Research....
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Space Below My Feet
- By: Gwen Moffat
- Narrated by: Anne Dover, Gordon Griffin
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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In 1945, Gwen Moffat deserted from her post as dispatch rider in the Army and went to live rough in Wales and Cornwall, climbing and living on practically nothing. She hitch-hiked her way around, travelling from Skye to Chamonix and many places in between, with all her possessions on her back. When the money ran out, she worked as a forester, went winkle-picking on the Isle of Skye and did a stint as an artist's model. And always there were the mountains, drawing her away from a "proper" job.
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Extraordinary memoir
- By Lucy W on 26-03-24
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Space Below My Feet
- Narrated by: Anne Dover, Gordon Griffin
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-03-17
- Language: English
- In 1945, Gwen Moffat deserted from her post as dispatch rider in the Army and went to live rough in Wales and Cornwall, climbing and living on practically nothing....
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is arguably the most influential, acclaimed scientist on the planet. As director of the Hayden Planetarium, and host of Cosmos and StarTalk, he has dedicated his life to exploring and explaining the mysteries of the universe. Every year, he receives thousands of letters – from students to prisoners, scientists to priests. Some seek advice, others yearn for inspiration; some are full of despair, others burst with wonder. But they are all searching for understanding, meaning and truth.
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Disappointing
- By Tim on 31-10-19
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
- Narrated by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-10-19
- Language: English
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Join the galactic conversation on the biggest issues in the universe....
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From the Next Generation to J. J. Abrams
- The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek
- By: Edward Gross, Mark A. Altman
- Narrated by: Aaron Landon, Alex Hyde-White, David Stifel, and others
- Length: 34 hrs and 27 mins
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From the Next Generation to J. J. Abrams is an incisive, no-holds-barred oral history telling the story of post-Original Series Star Trek, told exclusively by the people who were there, in their own words - sharing the inside scoops they've never told before, unveiling the oftentimes shocking true story of the history of Star Trek, and chronicling the trials, tribulations, and tribbles that have remained deeply buried secrets until now.
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Fascinating insight, with some frustrations
- By Mark on 14-01-17
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From the Next Generation to J. J. Abrams
- The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek
- Narrated by: Aaron Landon, Alex Hyde-White, David Stifel, Eric Martin, James Cronin, Jason Olazabal, John Rocha, Julie McKay
- Length: 34 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 30-08-16
- Language: English
- The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years is an incisive, no-holds-barred oral history of post-Original Series Star Trek, told exclusively by the people who were there, in their own words....
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The Astronaut Maker
- How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation
- By: Michael Cassutt
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord", "the Godfather", and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. Yet Abbey had more influence on human spaceflight than almost anyone in history. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer, bureaucrat, and finally director of the Johnson Space Center, Abbey's story has never been fully told - until now. The Astronaut Maker takes listeners inside NASA to learn the real story of how Abbey rose to power and wielded it out of the spotlight.
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The Astronaut Maker
- How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation
- Narrated by: Eric Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 15-08-18
- Language: English
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One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord", "the Godfather", and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. Yet Abbey had more influence on human spaceflight than almost anyone in history....
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The Space Between Black and White
- Jacaranda Twenty in 2020
- By: Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith
- Narrated by: Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
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Raised in 1950s South London and Norfolk with a white, working-class family, Esua’s education in racial politics was immediate and personal. From Britain and Scandinavia to Italy and Tanzania, she tackled inequality wherever she saw it, establishing an inspiring legacy in the Women’s lib and Black Power movements.
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fantastic Narrative.
- By Paul Sanyaolu on 02-05-20
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The Space Between Black and White
- Jacaranda Twenty in 2020
- Narrated by: Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 05-03-20
- Language: English
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Illuminating her inner journey growing up mixed-race in Britain, Esua Jane Goldsmith's unique memoir exposes the isolation and ambiguities that often come with being ‘an only’....
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Lost in Math
- How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
- By: Sabine Hossenfelder
- Narrated by: Laura Jennings
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades. The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: Observation has been unable to confirm mindboggling theories, like supersymmetry or grand unification, invented by physicists based on aesthetic criteria.
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Interesting, informative & thought provoking read
- By JHFD on 29-12-20
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Lost in Math
- How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
- Narrated by: Laura Jennings
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 04-12-18
- Language: English
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A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science....
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Rocket Men
- The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
- By: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the moon - in just four months.
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Best Apollo book I've listened to
- By Angus Fitton on 09-08-18
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Rocket Men
- The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
- Narrated by: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 03-04-18
- Language: English
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The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the moon, from the best-selling author of Shadow Divers....
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Spaceman
- An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
- By: Mike Massimino
- Narrated by: Mike Massimino
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself strapped to a giant rocket that's about to go from zero to 17,500 miles per hour? Or to look back on Earth from outer space and see the surprisingly precise line between day and night? Or to stand in front of the Hubble Space Telescope, wondering if the emergency repair you're about to make will inadvertently ruin humankind's chance to unlock the universe's secrets? Mike Massimino has been there, and in Spaceman he puts you inside the suit.
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Just ok I thought.
- By RonanFromEire on 08-06-20
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Spaceman
- An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
- Narrated by: Mike Massimino
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-10-16
- Language: English
- Mike Massimino's childhood space dreams were born the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Growing up in a working-class Long Island family, he catapulted himself to Columbia....
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