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    • Origin Story

    • A Big History of Everything
    • By: David Christian
    • Narrated by: Jamie Jackson
    • Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 22-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 104 ratings

    • A captivating history of the universe - from before the dawn of time through the far reaches of the distant future....

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    • Atomic Accidents

    • A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters; From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
    • By: James Mahaffey
    • Narrated by: Tom Weiner
    • Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 15-02-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 273 ratings
    • Nuclear science has had a rich history of innovative scientific exploration and discovery, coupled with mistakes, accidents, and downright disasters....

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    • Blood and Guts

    • A History of Surgery
    • By: Richard Hollingham
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 28-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

    • Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making limb transplants, face transplants, and a host of other previously undreamed-of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of medical progress....

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    • The Clockwork Universe

    • Isaac Newton, The Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
    • By: Edward Dolnick
    • Narrated by: Alan Sklar
    • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 08-02-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • The Clockwork Universe is the story of a band of men who lived in a world of dirt and disease but pictured a universe that ran like a perfect machine....

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    • 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
    • Release date: 15-04-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 254 ratings
    • The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard P. Feynman....

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    • It's Not Rocket Science

    • By: Ben Miller
    • Narrated by: Ben Miller
    • Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 12-07-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 296 ratings
    • Ben Miller was working on his Physics PhD at Cambridge when he accidentally became a comedian. But first love runs deep....

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    • Apollo 11

    • The Inside Story
    • By: David Whitehouse
    • Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 11-06-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 ratings

    • In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part - based around exclusive interviews with the key players....

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    • Where Good Ideas Come From

    • The Natural History of Innovation
    • By: Steven Johnson
    • Narrated by: Eric Singer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 73 ratings
    • What sparks the flash of brilliance? One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on - in exhilarating style - one of our key questions....

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    • Atomic Awakening

    • A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power
    • By: James Mahaffey
    • Narrated by: John McLain
    • Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 24-09-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 227 ratings
    • The American public's introduction to nuclear technology was manifested in destruction and death, with Hiroshima and the Cold War still ringing in our ears....

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    • Proust and the Squid

    • The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
    • By: Maryanne Wolf
    • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
    • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 26-08-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading....

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    • The Story of Western Science

    • From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory
    • By: Susan Wise Bauer
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 28-07-15
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • The Story of Western Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves....

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    • King of Hearts

    • The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgery
    • By: G. Wayne Miller
    • Narrated by: Patrick Cullen
    • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 25-04-03
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • G. Wayne Miller has dramatically and meticulously reconstructed an amazing true story...

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    • The Age of Reptiles

    • The History and Legacy of the Mesozoic Era and the Dinosaurs
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Gregory T. Luzitano
    • Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 25-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • The early history of our planet covers such vast stretches of time that years, centuries, and even millennia become virtually meaningless. Instead paleontologists and scientists who study geochronology divide time into periods and eras....

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    • Mutants

    • On Genetic Variety and the Human Body
    • By: Armand Marie Leroi
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 07-05-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

    • Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it....

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    • The Double Helix

    • A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
    • By: James D. Watson
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Roger Clark
    • Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize....

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    • Gene Machine

    • The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
    • By: Venki Ramakrishnan
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings

    • Everyone has heard of DNA. But by itself, DNA is just an inert blueprint for life. It is the ribosome - an enormous molecular machine made up of a million atoms. Gene Machine is an insider account of the race for the structure of the ribosome....

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    • Dispatches from Planet 3

    • Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
    • By: Marcia Bartusiak
    • Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
    • Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 18-09-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings

    • The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological "tales" by multiple award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak. In 32 concise and engrossing essays, the author provides a deeper understanding of the nature of the universe....

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