24 must-read nonfiction books like Black Holes Explained by Alex Filippenko

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Black Holes Explained

By: Alex Filippenko

3.89

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Imagine a region in space where the force of gravity is so strong that nothing - not even light - c…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Black Holes Explained by Alex Filippenko , here is a list of 24 books like this:

1. Argumentation: The Study Of Effective Reasoning (Great Courses, #4294)

By: David Zarefsky

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Audio CD

Introducing Argumentation and Rhetoric History of Argumentation Studies Formal and Informal Argumen… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Francis of Assisi (Great Courses, #615) by William R. Cook, Ronald B. Herzman

2. Francis of Assisi (Great Courses, #615)

By: William R. Cook , Ronald B. Herzman

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Audio CD

High quality university teaching! Course Lecture Titles 1. Why Francis of Assisi Is Alive Today 2. … read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Great Mythologies of the World

By: Kathryn McClymond , Grant L. Voth , Julius H. Bailey , None

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Audible Audio

The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our mod… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. The Great Courses: Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior

By: Mark R. Leary , Mark Leary

3.94

Format: 456 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • science

5. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)

By: Bob Brier

0.00

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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6. The Early Middle Ages

By: Philip Daileader

4.20

Format: None pages, Audiobook

We often call them the "Dark Ages," he era which spanned the decline and fall of Rome's western emp… read more

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7. The Old Testament (Great Courses, #653)

By: Amy-Jill Levine

5.00

Format: 172 pages,

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8. Earth's Changing Climate (Great Courses, #1219)

By: Richard Wolfson

4.08

Format: 288 pages,

12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture 6 Audio CDs Course Lecture Titles 1. Is Earth Warming? 2. Butterfli… read more

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9. The Era Of The Crusades

By: Kenneth W. Harl

3.00

Format: None pages,

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10. 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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  • nonfiction
  • science
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11. 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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  • nonfiction
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12. The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida

By: Lawrence E. Cahoone

4.32

Format: 137 pages, Unknown Binding

The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida, Vol. 3 read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. Hannibal: The Military Genius Who Almost Conquered Rome

By: Eve MacDonald

4.06

Format: 15 pages, Audible Audio

Hannibal Barca is famous for marching an eclectic mix of troops across the Alps and into the Roman … read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. The Real History of Dracula

By: Sara Cleto

3.94

Format: None pages, Audiobook

There are few fictional characters who have entrenched themselves so thoroughly in the popular imag… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. Norse Mythology

By: Jackson Crawford

3.89

Format: 342 pages, Audible Audio

Thor, Odin, Loki, Freyja, the Valkyries, Valhalla, Ragnarok — many of the places we encounter these… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Declutter Your Home and Simplify Your Life

By: Sophie Largen

3.31

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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  • nonfiction
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17. Fighting Misinformation: Digital Media Literacy

By: Tara Susman-Peña

3.65

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 3hours and 34 seconds Americans spend hundreds, even thousands, of hours a week … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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18. How to Publish Your Book

By: Jane Friedman

4.33

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

With the advent of submission conveniences offered by the Internet, today's authors face unpreceden… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. What Einstein Got Wrong

By: Dan Hooper

4.09

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

Description from Website: He was the quintessential genius whose brainpower rewrote the laws of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of The Spiritual Brain: Science and Religious Experience (Great Courses) by Andrew B. Newberg

20. The Spiritual Brain: Science and Religious Experience (Great Courses)

By: Andrew B. Newberg

3.55

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

Does God exist? Do we have a soul? Is it possible to make contact with a spiritual realm? How shoul… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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21. Creation Stories of the Ancient World

By: Joseph Lam

3.90

Format: 5 pages, Audiobook

Length: 4 hours and 57 minutes Creation stories, found within many ancient cultures, are traditi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics

By: Steven Gimbel

4.16

Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio

Length: 6 hrs and 10 minsPhilosophers have long puzzled over the nature of space, time, and matter.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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23. Shocking Psychological Studies and the Lessons They Teach

By: Thad A. Polk

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

We live in a time of amazing new technologies - and an unparalleled level of surveillance. Virtuall… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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24. How Horror Works in Books and Film

By: Shannon Scott

3.75

Format: 4 pages, Audiobook

Why are we scared of ghosts, zombies, vampires, demons, and monsters, when we know they are not rea… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Life and Death of Stars by Keivan G. Stassun

25. The Life and Death of Stars

By: Keivan G. Stassun

4.09

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From the website: Long ago, the magnificence of the star-filled sky and its clock-like motions ins… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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26. The Secret World of Espionage

By: The Great Courses

3.51

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

The world of espionage is shrouded in mystery—even to those in it—but so much of what we think we k… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. The Intelligent Brain

By: Richard J. Haier

3.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

No feature of the mind is as important, controversial, and mysterious as intelligence. It is the ep… read more

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  • science
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28. Understanding Human Emotions

By: Lawrence Ian Reed

3.54

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Why do humans walk upright on two legs? Why do we have two eyes and stereoscopic vision, opposable … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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29. A Historian Goes to the Movies: Ancient Rome

By: Gregory S. Aldrete

3.78

Format: 12 pages, Audible Audio

How have films like Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Gladiator, or even a satire like Monty Python's Life of Bri… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Black Holes Explained

By: Alex Filippenko

3.89

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Imagine a region in space where the force of gravity is so strong that nothing - not even light - c… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Padawan's Pride (Star Wars) by Bryan Q. Miller

31. Padawan's Pride (Star Wars)

By: Bryan Q. Miller

3.79

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker star in this thrilling galactic adventu… read more

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11 must-read science books like Black Holes Explained by Alex Filippenko

Transform Your Habits

The Great Courses: Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior

Mark R. Leary , Mark Leary

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Fighting Misinformation: Digital Media Literacy

Tara Susman-Peña

3.65

Transform Your Habits

What Einstein Got Wrong

Dan Hooper

4.09

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Transform Your Habits

Exploring Metaphysics

None , David Kyle Johnson

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes

Paul Strathern , None

3.10

Transform Your Habits

Turning Points in Modern History

Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

4.09

Transform Your Habits

World War II: A Military and Social History

Thomas Childers

3.30

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