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The Elephant in the Universe
- Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
- By: Govert Schilling
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
In The Elephant in the Universe, Govert Schilling explores the fascinating history of the search for dark matter. Evidence for its existence comes from a wealth of astronomical observations....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good but way too long
- By SEB24 on 10-31-24
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41. The Elephant in the Universe
- Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-18-22
- Language: English
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The Greatest Story Ever Told - So Far
- Why Are We Here?
- By: Lawrence M. Krauss
- Narrated by: Lawrence Krauss
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,138
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,901
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,893
In this grand poetic vision of the universe, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world that underlies reality - and our place within it. Reality is not what you think or sense - it’s weird, wild, and counterintuitive....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Mean spirited rant against religion
- By A Kindle Customer on 08-06-18
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42. The Greatest Story Ever Told - So Far
- Why Are We Here?
- Narrated by: Lawrence Krauss
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 03-21-17
- Language: English
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Forces of Nature
- By: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 490
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 438
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 432
A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking audiobook accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Complicated in its simplicity
- By Philomath on 06-13-17
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43. Forces of Nature
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 03-09-17
- Language: English
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Calculating the Cosmos
- How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
- By: Ian Stewart
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 105
In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Crank alert: rejects modern cosmology
- By James Weisner on 03-20-17
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44. Calculating the Cosmos
- How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 10-18-16
- Language: English
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The Future of Humanity
- Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
- By: Michio Kaku
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,462
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,167
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,157
The number-one best-selling author of The Future of the Mind offers a stunning vision of man's future in space....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Simply a compilation of many other books
- By Nat Smith on 02-25-18
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45. The Future of Humanity
- Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-20-18
- Language: English
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The Life and Death of Stars
- By: Keivan G. Stassun, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Keivan G. Stassun
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 207
We understand the stars at a much deeper level, not as legendary figures connected with constellations, but as engines of matter, energy, and the raw material of life itself. The Life and Death of Stars introduces you to this story in 24 half-hour lectures....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Stassun keeps referring to visual material
- By pondo on 12-27-18
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46. The Life and Death of Stars
- Narrated by: Keivan G. Stassun
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 12-05-18
- Language: English
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Strange Angel
- The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
- By: George Pendle
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 670
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 572
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 575
The Los Angeles Times headline screamed: Rocket Scientist Killed in Pasadena Explosion. The man known as Jack Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform a derided sci-fi plotline into actuality, was at first mourned as a scientific prodigy, but....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally on Audible!
- By Jason N on 05-16-19
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47. Strange Angel
- The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-14-19
- Language: English
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The Glass Universe
- How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
- By: Dava Sobel
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4 out of 5 stars 118
Dava Sobel returns with the story of a group of women whose contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe....
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4 out of 5 stars
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But the seeing, which was everything, was better
- By Cynthia on 01-07-17
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48. The Glass Universe
- How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-06-16
- Language: English
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Science Set Free
- 10 Paths to New Discovery
- By: Rupert Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Rupert Sheldrake, Jane Collingwood, David Timson
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 549
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 479
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 473
Here is an intriguing new assessment of modern-day science that will radically change the way we view what is possible....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dear Science: Put up or shut up.
- By RSR on 12-15-12
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49. Science Set Free
- 10 Paths to New Discovery
- Narrated by: Rupert Sheldrake, Jane Collingwood, David Timson
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 09-04-12
- Language: English
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An End to the Upside Down Cosmos
- Rethinking the Big Bang, Heliocentrism, the Lights in the Sky…and Where We Live
- By: Mark Gober
- Narrated by: Mark Gober
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9
Scientists tell us that ninety-six percent of the universe is unexplained dark matter and dark energy. Also, they admit that no unifying “theory of everything” exists in physics. This shaky foundation is the basis of modern thinking about the cosmos and Earth’s place in it. Something is missing.
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1 out of 5 stars
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No facts
- By Curtis Ferguson on 10-30-24
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50. An End to the Upside Down Cosmos
- Rethinking the Big Bang, Heliocentrism, the Lights in the Sky…and Where We Live
- Narrated by: Mark Gober
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 09-24-24
- Language: English
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You Are the Universe
- Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
- By: Menas C. Kafatos PhD, Deepak Chopra
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 789
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 677
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Story4 out of 5 stars 668
New York Times best-selling author Deepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Add this one to your list of must listens.
- By Richard McClelland on 03-09-17
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51. You Are the Universe
- Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 02-07-17
- Language: English
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Life on Other Planets
- A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
- By: Aomawa Shields PhD
- Narrated by: Aomawa Shields PhD
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
A stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM, searching for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here on Earth....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’m in love with this book!
- By Evelyn on 07-21-23
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52. Life on Other Planets
- A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
- Narrated by: Aomawa Shields PhD
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 07-11-23
- Language: English
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Pillars of Creation
- How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Cosmos
- By: Richard Panek
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
The James Webb Space Telescope is transforming the universe right before our eyes—and here, for the first time, is the inside account of how the mission originated, how it performs its miracles of science, and what its revolutionary images are revealing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The sheer scope of unknowns probably dwarfs what we already grasp.
- By EZ Flyer on 01-02-25
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53. Pillars of Creation
- How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Cosmos
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 10-22-24
- Language: English
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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens...Where Is Everybody? Second Edition
- Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
- By: Stephen Webb
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 billion stars in our galaxy alone and perhaps 400 billion galaxies in the universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14-billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as our own....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A veritable tour de force
- By John Anthony McCulloch on 08-30-21
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54. If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens...Where Is Everybody? Second Edition
- Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Series: The Science and Fiction Series
- Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-27-21
- Language: English
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The Eerie Silence
- Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence
- By: Paul Davies
- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Story4 out of 5 stars 173
Fifty years ago, a young astronomer named Frank Drake pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the hope of picking up a signal from an alien civilization....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Scientifically Curious? Hmmm.
- By Kathy in CA on 10-10-16
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55. The Eerie Silence
- Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence
- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 06-30-10
- Language: English
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Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
- By: Isaac Asimov
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
A thrilling nonfiction tour of the cosmos that brings the universe down to Earth, from one of the all-time masters of science fiction....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dated
- By Neil on 02-17-21
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56. Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 12-15-20
- Language: English
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How to Die in Space
- A Journey Through Dangerous Astrophysical Phenomena
- By: Paul M. Sutter PhD
- Narrated by: Paul M. Sutter PhD
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 151
A brilliant and breathtakingly vivid tour of the universe, describing the physics of the dangerous, the deadly, and the scary in the cosmos....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Read me
- By william on 12-27-20
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57. How to Die in Space
- A Journey Through Dangerous Astrophysical Phenomena
- Narrated by: Paul M. Sutter PhD
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 06-02-20
- Language: English
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
- Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
- By: Brian Greene
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 169
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
From Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading physicists, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Avoid the abridged version
- By Dylan on 03-12-04
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58. The Fabric of the Cosmos
- Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-12-04
- Language: English
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The End of Everything
- (Astrophysically Speaking)
- By: Katie Mack
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Katie Mack
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 951
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 801
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 797
From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an “engrossing, elegant” (The New York Times) look at five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology....
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5 out of 5 stars
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My New Favorite!
- By Hannah Crazyhawk on 08-16-20
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59. The End of Everything
- (Astrophysically Speaking)
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman, Katie Mack
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 08-04-20
- Language: English
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The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know
- By: The Great Courses, Joshua N. Winn
- Narrated by: Professor Joshua N. Winn
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 872
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 773
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 764
As recently as 1990, it seemed plausible that the solar system was a unique phenomenon in our galaxy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun across the universe
- By Mark on 01-08-16
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60. The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know
- Narrated by: Professor Joshua N. Winn
- Series: The Great Courses: Astronomy
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-25-15
- Language: English
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