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  • This Idea Is Brilliant - John Brockman

    This Idea Is Brilliant - John Brockman
    2018/01/16
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    Title: This Idea Is Brilliant
    Author: John Brockman
    Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Charles Constant
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-16-18
    Publisher: Harper Audio
    Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

    Summary:
    The latest volume in the best-selling series from Edge.org - dubbed "the world's smartest website" by The Guardian - brings together 206 of the world's most innovative thinkers to discuss the scientific concepts that everyone should know. As science informs public policy, decision making, and so many aspects of our everyday lives, a scientifically literate society is crucial. In that spirit, Edge.org publisher and author of Know This, John Brockman, asks 206 of the world's most brilliant minds the 2017 Edge Question: What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? Contributors include: author of The God Delusion Richard Dawkins on using animals' "Genetic Book of the Dead" to reconstruct ecological history; MacArthur Fellow Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on "scientific realism", the idea that scientific theories explain phenomena beyond what we can see and touch; author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli on "relative information", which governs the physical world around us; theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss on the hidden blessings of "uncertainty"; cognitive scientist and author of The Language Instinct Steven Pinker on "The Second Law of Thermodynamics"; biogerontologist Aubrey De Grey on why "maladaptive traits" have been conserved evolutionarily; musician Brian Eno on "confirmation bias" in the Internet age; Man Booker-winning author of Atonement Ian Mcewan on the "Navier-Stokes Equations", which govern everything from weather prediction to aircraft design and blood flow; plus pieces from Richard Thaler, Jared Diamond, Nicholas Carr, Janna Levin, Lisa Randall, Kevin Kelly, Daniel Coleman, Frank Wilczek, Rory Sutherland, Nina Jablonski, Martin Rees, Alison Gopnik, and many, many others.
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    16 時間 9 分
  • Summary: A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived - Readtrepreneur Publishing

    Summary: A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived - Readtrepreneur Publishing
    2018/01/12
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    Title: Summary: A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
    Author: Readtrepreneur Publishing
    Narrator: Teague Dean
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-12-18
    Publisher: Readtrepreneur Publishing
    Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

    Summary:
    Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. This summary is wholly written and published by readtrepreneur.com. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way. The power of DNA and the information it holds is immense. Imagine using that information to discover our past. In our genomes, every one of us holds the history of our species - births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and sex. We are much more than our DNA but our DNA holds the keys to our past. “This is a story about you. It concerns the tale of who you are and how you came to be.” (Adam Rutherford) By sequencing the DNA of living people, we can obtain historical information that would otherwise remain unknown. History is shortsighted and can be flawed, family stories may be changed, but your DNA could never be altered nor could it ever lie. As author Adam Rutherford said, your DNA gives you your story and the story of your entire species. By sequencing only one person you can obtain more information than from any other source combined. Adam Rutherford stresses the importance of the time period you are observing. "For comparison, the book you are holding is around 115,000 words, or 685,000 characters long, including spaces. If the length of time has existed were represented at this book, each character, including spaces is around 5,597 years." Disclaimer once again: This book is meant for a great companionship of the original book or to simply get the gist of the original book.
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    1 時間 11 分
  • Tara: The Terrier Who Sailed Around the World - Rosemary Forrester

    Tara: The Terrier Who Sailed Around the World - Rosemary Forrester
    2018/01/10
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    Title: Tara: The Terrier Who Sailed Around the World
    Author: Rosemary Forrester
    Narrator: Nicolette McKenzie
    Format: Unabridged
    Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
    Language: English
    Release date: 01-10-18
    Publisher: Soundings
    Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

    Summary:
    Robert arrives in Colombia with a surprise for his wife, Rosemary: Tara, a Jack Russell puppy. Join this adventurous couple - and their amazing, seafaring canine crew of one - as they cruise around the world on their yacht, Deusa. Their exciting and sometimes hair-raising adventures on land and sea include tales of tsunamis, modern-day pirates, corrupt customs officials, several instances of 'dog overboard!', many new friends - and near disaster off the Australian coast....
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    11 時間 22 分