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    • By: Sam Kean
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 04-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
    • A young listeners edition of the New York Times best seller The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table....

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    • The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
    • By: Steve Sheinkin
    • Narrated by: Roy Roy Samuelson
    • Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 01-08-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 625 ratings
    • In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents....

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    • By: Jess Brallier
    • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
    • Series: Who-? by Who HQ
    • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 62 ratings
    • Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein - but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life....

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    • Poo Through the Ages
    • By: Suzie Edge, Luke Newell - illustrator
    • Narrated by: Suzie Edge
    • Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 04-11-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Discover loads about the loo, piles about poo and the funniest and foulest facts from the smelliest corners of history, from TikTok historian, Dr Suzie Edge - perfect for fans of Horrible Histories and Adam Kay....

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    • A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing
    • By: Karen Magnuson Beil
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The globetrotting naturalists of the 18th century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology....

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    • What Was?
    • By: Gail Herman, Who HQ
    • Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman
    • Series: What-? by Who HQ
    • Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
    • Release date: 06-19-18
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • The Earth is definitely getting warmer. While the vast majority of scientists who study the environment agree that humans play a large part in climate change, there is a counterargument. Author Gail Herman presents both sides of the debate....

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    • Ken Jennings' Junior Genius Guides
    • By: Ken Jennings
    • Narrated by: Ken Jennings
    • Series: Ken Jennings' Junior Genius Guides
    • Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-23
    • Language: English
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    • Let your inner astronaut explore outer space with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy! champ and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings....

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    • Medicine's Battles with History's Deadliest Diseases
    • By: Lindsey Fitzharris, Adrian Teal
    • Narrated by: Hunter Johns
    • Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by...well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome—but the remedies were even worse....

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    • Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought)
    • By: Kathleen Krull
    • Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
    • Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 07-09-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 89 ratings
    • The subjects of Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) are revealed as creative, bold, sometimes eccentric - and anything but dull....

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    • A Story of Friendship, Curiosity and Discovery that Changed the World
    • By: Alexandra Stewart, Joe Todd-Stanton - illustrator
    • Narrated by: Henry Nott
    • Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-22
    • Language: English
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    • On 24th November 1859, Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published, selling out almost immediately. However, he couldn’t have done it without the support, encouragement and advice from those who believed in him....

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    • By: Lori Alexander
    • Narrated by: Sam Devereaux
    • Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
    • Release date: 10-10-23
    • Language: English
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    • In 1841, a quiet, curious boy who stuttered when nervous committed to becoming a surgeon—a profession then more feared than respected....

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    • A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge
    • By: Deidre Havrelock, Edward Kay
    • Narrated by: Erin Tripp
    • Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Celebrate Indigenous thinkers and inventions with this award-winning interactive nonfiction book—perfect for fans of Braiding Sweetgrass.

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    • By: Mark Kurlansky
    • Narrated by: Brett Barry
    • Length: 30 mins
    • Release date: 03-08-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • From the team that created the ALA Notable Book The Cod's Tale comes the fascinating history of salt, which has been the object of wars and revolutions and is vital for life....

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    • The Giants of Science Series, Book 2
    • By: Kathleen Krull
    • Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
    • Series: The Giants of Science
    • Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
    • Release date: 12-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • What was Isaac Newton like? Secretive, vindictive, withdrawn, obsessive, and oh, yes, brilliant. His imagination was so large that, just “by thinking on it”, he invented calculus and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity....

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    • How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
    • By: Catherine Thimmesh
    • Narrated by: Andy Paris
    • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
    • Release date: 02-25-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • When three heroic men traveled aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft bound for the moon, the entire world sat glued to their TVs in suspense. But few knew just how much it took to get that far....

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    • The Giants of Science Series, Book 6
    • By: Kathleen Krull
    • Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
    • Series: The Giants of Science
    • Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
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    • All his life, Charles Darwin hated controversy. Yet he takes his place among the Giants of Science for what remains an immensely controversial subject: the theory of evolution. Darwin began piecing together his explanation for how all living things change or adapt....

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    • How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World
    • By: Winifred Conkling
    • Narrated by: Andrea Gallo
    • Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb....

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