Science & Technology audiobooks

Mysterious Sightings In the Sky

By: Jacques Vallee, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

During the past century, individuals, newspapers, and military agencies have recorded thousands of UFO incidents, giving rise to much speculation about flying saucers, visitors from other planets, and alien abductions. But the extraterrestrial phenomenon did not begin in the present era. The first case reported turns out to be in the 1500s B.C.... Read more

Where Good Ideas Come From

By: Steven Johnson

Narrated by: Erik Singer

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? Read more

The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving

By: Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Dog lovers get ready – Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, international bestselling author of Dogs Never Lie About Love (which the San Francisco Chronicle calls ""winning and wise,"" and ""a charming paean to our best friends""), is back with an inspiring, heart-warming, and deeply personal exploration of the unique relationship between humans and dogs.... Read more

The Dead Beat

By: Marilyn Johnson

Narrated by: Marilyn Johnson

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world—so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms, and made a pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of... Read more

Present at the Creation

By: Amir D. Aczel

Narrated by: Byron Wagner

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Large Hadron Collider is the biggest, and by far the most powerful, machine ever built. A project of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, its audacious purpose is to re-create, in a 16.5-mile-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss countryside, the immensely hot and dense conditions that existed some 13.7 billion years... Read more

The Moral Landscape

By: Sam Harris

Narrated by: Sam Harris

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from religious fundamentalists to non-believing scientists—agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, our failure... Read more

Walking Wisdom

By: Gotham Chopra & Deepak Chopra

Narrated by: Gotham Chopra

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

As far back as he can remember, every day of his life someone has asked Gotham Chopra what it was like to have Deepak Chopra as a father. They wanted to know if Gotham is a master practitioner of the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, whether he is in Perfect Health, if he meditates all day—in short, if he lives the perfect spiritual life. The... Read more

Das Leben der Viren

By: Karin Mölling & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Karin Mölling

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Viren sind Grenzgänger zwischen lebender und toter Materie. Es gibt sie überall in astronomisch großen Mengen (10 hoch 33). Dabei sind Viren wandlungsfähiger als alles andere, was wir auf der Welt kennen. Vielleicht waren sie sogar der Anfang des Lebens auf der Erde. Gemeinhin werden Viren als Krankmacher definiert und ihr Verhalten mit... Read more

Adulthood II: A Whole New Stage In The Life Cycle

By: Mary Catherine Bateson, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

People are living longer but this new longevity is not equivalent to an extension of old age or years added on at the end of life. Bateson describes a whole new stage of aging: Adulthood II. It is a time endowed with wisdom, health, and energy. It is a time to become the needed visionaries society is calling for. She’s the author of Composing a... Read more

Bushido. Die Seele Japans

By: Inazo Nitobe

Narrated by: Uwe Neumann

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Inazo Nitobes "Bushido. Die Seele Japans" bietet aufschlussreiche Einblicke in die historischen und kulturellen Hintergründe der legendären Samurai und ihren Ehrenkodex. Der Essay zeichnet die Einflüsse nach, die in der japanischen Gesellschaft bis heute wirksam sind. Read more

David Attenborough Life On Air: Memoirs Of A Broadcaster

By: David Attenborough

Narrated by: David Attenborough

Length: 19 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

David Attenborough reads his own bestselling memoir

'An enthralling autobiography from one of the linchpins of television' Good Book Guide

David Attenborough is the acknowledged voice of nature, loved and revered worldwide for his groundbreaking wildlife documentaries. Over the course of his long BBC career, David has risen from trainee producer... Read more

Erdsystem-Management

By: Mojib Latif & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Mojib Latif

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Nichts hat solchen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung des Lebens auf der Erde wie das Klima: Es ermöglicht oder verhindert Wachstum, bringt Sonne, Regen, Stürme und Fluten, Warm- oder Eiszeiten und kann ganze Spezies wie die Dinosaurier oder Trilobiten aussterben lassen. Heute wissen wir viel über klimatische Vorgänge, ihre komplexen Bedingungen,... Read more

Feuer-Management für Raumschiff Erde

By: Johann Georg Goldammer & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Johann Georg Goldammer

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Seit Jahrhunderttausenden nutzen Menschen Feuer und leben in Kulturlandschaften, die maßgeblich durch Feuer mitgeprägt sind. Doch veränderte Lebensweisen und eine zunehmende Bekämpfung des Feuers haben im Laufe des 20. Jahrhunderts dazu geführt, dass Ökosysteme vielerorts aus dem Gleichgewicht gerieten. Erst die großen Katastrophenbrände seit... Read more

Huck

By: Janet Elder

Narrated by: Karen White

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael was four when his relentless campaign for a dog began. At seven, he made a PowerPoint presentation, "My Dog," with headings like "A Childhood Without a Dog Is a Sad Thing." His parents, Janet and Rich, were steadfast; bringing a dog into their fast-paced New York City lives was utterly impractical.



However, on a trip to Italy, a chance... Read more

The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head

By: Gary Small & Gigi Vorgan

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

“Stories of human behavior at its most extreme….With humor, compassion, empathy, and insight, Small searches for and finds the humanity that lies hidden under even the most bizarre symptoms.”
—Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New MindA psychiatrist’s stories of his most bizarre cases, The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head by Gary Small,... Read more

Algenraspler, Schneckenknacker, Schuppenfresser

By: Axel Meyer & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Axel Meyer

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Inhalt: I. Von Darwin bis heute: Die Idee der Evolution Evolution kennt kein Ziel Der Caruso-Effekt: Evolutionäre Fitness Artbildung Evolutionsgeschwindigkeit Unsere Fischvorfahren Aussterben Fantastische Dimensionen II. Die komplexe Welt der Buntbarsche Der größte Appartementblock Verrückte Spezialisten Der zweite Kiefer Erfolg... Read more

Was tun gegen Krebs?

By: Harald zur Hausen & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Harald zur Hausen

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Was ist Krebs? - Beginnend mit dieser Frage, gibt Harald zur Hausen einen fundierten Überblick über das Krankheitsbild einer der verbreitetsten und gefürchtetsten Erkrankungen der Gegenwart, über ihre Geschichte, Arten, Diagnose- bzw. Behandlungsverfahren und deren Chancen sowie über Möglichkeiten der Krebsprävention. Dabei analysiert er... Read more

Faszination Vogelzug

By: Peter Berthold & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Peter Berthold

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Vogelzug ist - im Hinblick auf die riesigen, wandernden Vogelscharen, die enorm weiten Zugstrecken, verblüffenden Orientierungsleistungen, erstaunlichen physiologischen Anpassungen und vieles mehr - ein Phänomen der Superlative. Zugvögel haben im Laufe der Evolution nahezu alle Gebiete unserer Erde erobert und ihre Wanderzüge umspannen praktisch... Read more

Bionik

By: Werner Nachtigall & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Werner Nachtigall

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Inhalt: Bionik - Was ist das? 01 Technische Biologie und Bionik 02 Die Natur liefert keine Blaupause 03 Leonardo da Vinci, der erste Bioniker 04 Haifischschuppen, ein modernes Beispiel 05 Definition Eine kurze Geschichte der Bionik 06 Stahlbeton 07 Stacheldraht 08 Schwingungsboote 09 Salzstreuer 10 Klettverschluss Bionik... Read more

Spukhafte Fernwirkung

By: Klaus Sander & Anton Zeilinger

Narrated by: Anton Zeilinger

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

"Einstein sagte, die Welt kann nicht so verrückt sein, wie uns die Quantenmechanik dies erzählt. Heute wissen wir, die Welt ist so verrückt." - Daniel Greenberger Die Quantenphysik beschreibt Eigenschaften von kleinsten Einheiten, zum Beispiel Photonen, Elektronen oder Atomen. Diese Eigenschaften stellen das klassische physikalische Weltbild... Read more

Teufelsfragen

By: Jens Reich & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Jens Reich

Length: 2 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Wieweit darf der Mensch Demiurg in eigener Sache sein, ohne selbst verzehrt zu werden von den Kräften seiner Schöpfungsmacht? Darf er, ohne diabolisch zu werden, mit dem Bauplan eines "Gottes" spielen, der ihn in eine riskante wie chaotische Welt entlassen hat? Wo schlägt, was er zur Rettung entwirft, um, in den Abgrund einer Selbstanmaßung, aus... Read more

Europa und die Marsianer

By: Detlef B. Linke & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Detlef B. Linke

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Was macht denn den Menschen aus, aus Sicht der Neurobiologie heute - nicht nur gegenüber Außerirdischen, sondern auch in Abgrenzung tierischer Lebensformen? Wie sichern wir die Einheit der Menschheit? Denken wir an Europa, so haben wir ja auch die Fragen der Abgrenzung vor uns, diesmal innerhalb der Menschheit, aber nicht ohne Virulenzen wie... Read more

The $1,000 Genome

By: Kevin Davies

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Since the conclusion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, scientists have been racing toward a grand goal: offering individuals a decoding of their complete genetic makeup for just $1,000. As Kevin Davies reveals in this exquisitely reported account, the $1,000 genome will be a reality by 2011 and it will usher in a whole new era of... Read more

A Nose for Justice

By: Rita Mae Brown

Narrated by: Johanna Parker

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Co-author of the best-selling Mrs. Murphy novels, Rita Mae Brown launches a new series with this first mystery featuring Baxter the wirehaired dachshund. When Baxter and his owner Mags leave New York for Nevada, they find themselves embroiled in a real head scratcher. First, the local water-pumping station is sabotaged. Then, a murdered man's... Read more