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Collisions
- A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs
- By: Alec Nevala-Lee
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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To his admirers, Luis W. Alvarez was the most accomplished, inventive, and versatile experimental physicist of his generation.
By: Alec Nevala-Lee
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What Is Real?
- The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
- By: Adam Becker
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr's solipsistic and poorly reasoned Copenhagen interpretation. Indeed, questioning it has long meant professional ruin, yet some daring physicists, such as John Bell, David Bohm, and Hugh Everett, persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics. What Is Real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for truth.
By: Adam Becker
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Flashes of Brilliance
- The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History
- By: Anika Burgess
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Today it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera underwater, watch a movie, or view an X-ray. But the photographic innovations more than a century ago that made such things possible were experimental, revelatory, and sometimes dangerous—and many of the innovators, entrepreneurs, and inventors behind them were memorable eccentrics. In Flashes of Brilliance, writer and photo editor Anika Burgess engagingly blends art, science, and social history to reveal the most dramatic developments in photography from its birth in the 1830s to the early twentieth century.
By: Anika Burgess
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Storie brutte sulla scienza, ma peggio
- Storie brutte sulla scienza, Vol. 2
- By: Barbascura X
- Narrated by: Barbascura X
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
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Alcune storie sono troppo assurde per non essere raccontate, come l'epico scontro Alessandro Volta VS Luigi Galvani, tra rane morte ed energia elettrica che ha ispirato la nascita del mostro di Frankenstein. O ancora Stephen Hawking e quella sua fissa per i buchi neri, Margherita Hack che pedalava verso l'osservatorio tra le bombe della seconda guerra mondiale, Richard Feynman che scassinava casseforti durante il progetto Manhattan, Lord Kelvin il barone della morte termica dell'Universo, Enrico Fermi che ha scisso l'atomo e dato il via all'era nucleare.
By: Barbascura X
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Quando abbiamo smesso di capire il mondo
- By: Benjamín Labatut
- Narrated by: Nicola Bonimelli
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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C'è chi si indispettisce, c'è chi si esalta e c'è invece chi si rende conto, come il giovane Heisenberg durante la sua tormentata convalescenza a Helgoland, che probabilmente il traguardo è proprio questo: smettere di ascoltare il mondo come lo si è ascoltato fino a quel momento e avventurarsi verso una forma di comprensione assolutamente nuova. Per quanto terrore possa, a tratti, ispirare. È la via che ha preferito Benjamín Labatut, ricostruendo alcune scene che hanno deciso la nascita della scienza moderna.
By: Benjamín Labatut
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Darwin à la plage : l'évolution dans un transat
- By: Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu
- Narrated by: Christophe Brault
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Lorsqu'il publie De l'origine des espèces en 1859, Charles Darwin bouscule les croyances et provoque des débats passionnés dans la société toute entière. Aujourd'hui, tout en faisant partie des piliers de la connaissance, la théorie de l'évolution continue de déranger car elle brise l'idée d'une Nature généreuse et prévoyante et remet en cause la place de l'homme. Installez-vous confortablement dans un transat, et laissez-vous conter par Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu comment Charles Darwin, jeune naturaliste curieux embarquant pour un périple autour du monde, a révolutionné notre façon de penser.
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Collisions
- A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs
- By: Alec Nevala-Lee
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
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Performance
-
Story
To his admirers, Luis W. Alvarez was the most accomplished, inventive, and versatile experimental physicist of his generation.
By: Alec Nevala-Lee
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What Is Real?
- The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics
- By: Adam Becker
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
-
Story
Every physicist agrees quantum mechanics is among humanity's finest scientific achievements. But ask what it means, and the result will be a brawl. For a century, most physicists have followed Niels Bohr's solipsistic and poorly reasoned Copenhagen interpretation. Indeed, questioning it has long meant professional ruin, yet some daring physicists, such as John Bell, David Bohm, and Hugh Everett, persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics. What Is Real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for truth.
By: Adam Becker
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Flashes of Brilliance
- The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History
- By: Anika Burgess
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Today it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera underwater, watch a movie, or view an X-ray. But the photographic innovations more than a century ago that made such things possible were experimental, revelatory, and sometimes dangerous—and many of the innovators, entrepreneurs, and inventors behind them were memorable eccentrics. In Flashes of Brilliance, writer and photo editor Anika Burgess engagingly blends art, science, and social history to reveal the most dramatic developments in photography from its birth in the 1830s to the early twentieth century.
By: Anika Burgess
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Storie brutte sulla scienza, ma peggio
- Storie brutte sulla scienza, Vol. 2
- By: Barbascura X
- Narrated by: Barbascura X
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Alcune storie sono troppo assurde per non essere raccontate, come l'epico scontro Alessandro Volta VS Luigi Galvani, tra rane morte ed energia elettrica che ha ispirato la nascita del mostro di Frankenstein. O ancora Stephen Hawking e quella sua fissa per i buchi neri, Margherita Hack che pedalava verso l'osservatorio tra le bombe della seconda guerra mondiale, Richard Feynman che scassinava casseforti durante il progetto Manhattan, Lord Kelvin il barone della morte termica dell'Universo, Enrico Fermi che ha scisso l'atomo e dato il via all'era nucleare.
By: Barbascura X
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Quando abbiamo smesso di capire il mondo
- By: Benjamín Labatut
- Narrated by: Nicola Bonimelli
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
C'è chi si indispettisce, c'è chi si esalta e c'è invece chi si rende conto, come il giovane Heisenberg durante la sua tormentata convalescenza a Helgoland, che probabilmente il traguardo è proprio questo: smettere di ascoltare il mondo come lo si è ascoltato fino a quel momento e avventurarsi verso una forma di comprensione assolutamente nuova. Per quanto terrore possa, a tratti, ispirare. È la via che ha preferito Benjamín Labatut, ricostruendo alcune scene che hanno deciso la nascita della scienza moderna.
By: Benjamín Labatut
-
Darwin à la plage : l'évolution dans un transat
- By: Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu
- Narrated by: Christophe Brault
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lorsqu'il publie De l'origine des espèces en 1859, Charles Darwin bouscule les croyances et provoque des débats passionnés dans la société toute entière. Aujourd'hui, tout en faisant partie des piliers de la connaissance, la théorie de l'évolution continue de déranger car elle brise l'idée d'une Nature généreuse et prévoyante et remet en cause la place de l'homme. Installez-vous confortablement dans un transat, et laissez-vous conter par Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu comment Charles Darwin, jeune naturaliste curieux embarquant pour un périple autour du monde, a révolutionné notre façon de penser.