The Joy of Numbers
By: Arthur T. Benjamin
3.84
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Numbers. Like the alphabet, they’re one of the most elementary of concepts learned and memorized at…
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1. The History of Science: 1700-1900
By: Frederick Gregory
3.95
Format: 184 pages, Audio CD
In the period 1700-1900, kings and empires rose and fell, but science conquered all, taking the wor… read more
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- nonfiction
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2. @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex
By: Shane Harris
3.50
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
A surprising, page-turning account of how the wars of the future are already being fought todayThe … read more
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- nonfiction
3. The Science of Energy: Resources and Power Explained
By: Michael E. Wysession
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Audible Audio
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- nonfiction
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4. The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
3.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Bed of Procrustes is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an i… read more
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5. An Economic History of the World since 1400
By: None
5.00
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Most of us have a limited understanding of the powerful role economics has played in shaping human … read more
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6. 12 Essential Scientific Concepts
By: The Great Courses , Indre Viskontas
3.19
Format: 292 pages, Audible Audio
Length: 12 hours and 5 minutes Science is such a vast arena of knowledge that people looking for a … read more
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7. Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths
By: Scientific American
2.75
Format: None pages,
Did NASA really spend millions creating a pen that would write in space? Is chocolate poisonous to … read more
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8. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson , Donald Goldsmith
4.09
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
"An accessible and extremely well-written exploration of the deep waters of cosmology, astrophysics… read more
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9. Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
By: Graham Hancock , Santha Faiia
4.32
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The bestselling author of The Sign and the Seal reveals the true origins of civilization. Connectin… read more
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10. The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.37
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
Many appreciate Richard P. Feynman's contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize ho… read more
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11. Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience
By: Indre Viskontas
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Audible Audio
Much of the layperson's knowledge of the brain is predicated on a lack of understanding about this … read more
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12. The Story of Human Language
By: None
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Audiobook
"I never met a person who is not interested in language," wrote the bestselling author and psycholo… read more
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13. Hegel in 90 Minutes
By: Paul Strathern
3.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
With Hegel, philosophy became very difficult indeed. His dialectical method produced the most grand… read more
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14. Autopilot: The Art & Science of Doing Nothing
By: Andrew Smart
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Andrew Smart wants you to sit and do nothing much more often - and he has the science to explain w… read more
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15. How Jesus Became God:
By: Bart D. Ehrman
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Audiobook
Twenty-four lectures that parallel the book by the same title. The early Christian claim that Jesus… read more
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16. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
By: Michael Pollan
3.72
Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio
Listening time = 2h 2m Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was f… read more
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17. Geneva
By: Richard Armitage
3.64
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has started to show the same tell-tale signs of the Alz… read more
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- audiobook
18. The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research
By: Dorsey Armstrong
4.08
Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio
2 hours and 43 minutes The world has been fundamentally changed by the shock and devastation of … read more
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- audiobook
19. Medieval Myths & Mysteries (The Great Courses)
By: Dorsey Armstrong
4.14
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 5 hours and 6 minutes Was King Arthur a real person? What about Robin Hood? Is… read more
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20. The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.16
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
Everything we now know about the universe-from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxi… read more
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21. Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet
By: John McWhorter
3.99
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
The ubiquity of the written word in our everyday lives can make it easy to forget how recent the de… read more
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- audiobook
22. The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
By: Patrick N. Allitt
4.17
Format: 18 pages, Audio CD
Audio CDs in three cases (parts 1, 2, and 3), accompanied by a "like new" course booklet. 36 lectur… read more
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"Author reports that a group of tortoises was given to the British by India's natives during the Seven Years War which ended in 1763. The last of those tortoises died in 2004 at the age of 255."-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
"Author relates the reaction of an Irish village to a landowner who tried to raise rents on the land's occupants. The villagers refused to talk to or trade with the man, whose name was Captain Boycott."-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
"If you study a historical episode and feel good about it, it probably means that you haven't had it explained very well. Historical conflict is usually the struggle of different conceptions of what i…"-Patrick N. Allitt, The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
23. Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal
By: Kyler Shumway
3.77
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
We’ve all been told, at one point or another, to "just be yourself." Whether you are starting schoo… read more
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24. Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories: What We Should and Shouldn't Believe - and Why
By: Michael Shermer
3.81
Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 6 hours and 30 minutes The stuff of conspiracy theories makes for great, enter… read more
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25. The Joy of Numbers
By: Arthur T. Benjamin
3.84
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Numbers. Like the alphabet, they’re one of the most elementary of concepts learned and memorized at… read more
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- mathematics
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- audiobook
26. The World of J.R.R. Tolkien
By: Dimitra Fimi
4.14
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Though there has been some contention over the title, J.R.R. Tolkien is regarded by many as the fat… read more
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27. How to Build Meaningful Relationships through Conversations
By: Carol Ann Lloyd
3.47
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
We have conversations every day, but how many of those can be considered effective? The right conve… read more
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28. 10 Big Questions of the American Civil War
By: Caroline E. Janney
3.93
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 4 hours and 4 minutes In 10 Big Questions of the American Civil War, join note… read more
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29. The Vietnam War
By: John C. McManus
4.17
Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio
The war in Vietnam was initially a localized civil conflict—a bloody and brutal contest for state c… read more
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30. Thermodynamics: Four Laws That Move the Universe
By: Jeffrey C. Grossman
4.08
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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31. No Calculator, No Problem! Mastering Mental Math
By: Art Benjamin
3.82
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 5 hours and 46 minutes No calculator? No problem! Whether a listener is preppi… read more
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