Science & Technology audiobooks

Galileo's Daughter - Abridged

By: Dava Sobel

Narrated by: Fritz Weaver

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Galileo Galilei was the foremost scientist of his day. Though he never left Italy, his inventions and discoveries were heralded around the world. His telescopes allowed him to reveal the heavens and enforce the astounding argument that the earth moves around the sun. For this belief, he was brought before the Holy Office of the Inquisition,... Read more

El trabajo de los ojos - Abridged

By: Mercedes Halfon

Narrated by: Mara Brenner

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Un libro maravilloso que atenta contra los saberes rotundos y objetivos."—Carlos Pardo, El País El trabajo de los ojos es un libro fragmentario, hermoso e inclasificable sobre la mirada. Con un estilo elegante y depurado, Mercedes Halfon nos habla de la forma en que sus problemas de visión determinaron una cierta manera de acercarse al mundo y... Read more

30 Minuten Gelassenheit - Abridged

By: Monika A. Pohl

Narrated by: Sabina Godec, Heiko Grauel & Gordon Piedesack

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eine hohe Arbeitsbelastung, private Konflikte oder unvorhergesehene Ärgernisse - immer wieder laufen wir Gefahr, unser inneres Gleichgewicht zu verlieren. Passiert dies zu oft, fühlen wir uns bald leer und ausgebrannt und manövrieren uns auf Dauer sogar in ein Burnout. Doch so weit muss es nicht kommen. Monika A. Pohl zeigt, wie Sie in... Read more

Kernfusionsforschung - Die Sonne auf die Erde holen - Abridged

By: Hartmut Zohm

Narrated by: Hartmut Zohm

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Unsere Sonne macht es vor: Leichte Atomkerne verschmelzen zu schwereren. Gewaltige Energiemengen werden bei dieser Kernfusion freigesetzt: Es herrschen Temperaturen von mehr als 100 Millionen Grad Celsius. Forscher vom Max Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (ipp) arbeiten daran, diese nahezu unerschöpfliche Energiequelle auf der Erde nutzbar zu... Read more

Conexiones perdidas - Abridged

By: Johann Hari

Narrated by: Alan Bochm

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Un libro repleto de revelaciones explosivas sobre nuestra epidemia de desesperación." –Naomi Klein "Hari nos cuenta de personas y conceptos extraordinarios, que cambian la forma en que vemos la depresión." –Eve Ensler, autora de Monólogos de la vagina ¿Cuáles son las causas reales de la ansiedad y la depresión? ¿Cómo podemos librarnos de... Read more

Un planeta de virus - Abridged

By: Carl Zimmer

Narrated by: Luis García Márquez

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Casi todo lo que usted siempre había querido saber, y un montón de cosas de las que seguramente preferiría no haberse enterado, sobre esos virus que tanto sufrimiento han causado a la humanidad." —Forbes "Carl Zimmer consigue, en apenas cien páginas, lo que a otros autores les cuesta hacer en quinientas: dar una nueva forma a nuestra... Read more

Rocket Boys - Abridged

By: Homer Hickam

Narrated by: Beau Bridges

Length: 4 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my hometown was at war with itself over its children, and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives....And I didn't know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage could be transformed into jet kinetic energy if a... Read more

Einstein - Abridged

By: Walter Isaacson

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Winner of the 2008 Audie Award for Biography/Memoir

The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein. Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award­–winning actor Geoffrey Rush as Einstein.

How did his mind work? What made him a... Read more

The Courage to Be Rich - Abridged

By: Suze Orman

Narrated by: Suze Orman

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bestselling author and financial expert Suze Orman helped millions of Americans turn toward their money and embark on a true path to wealth with her #1 bestseller The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom and her national bestseller You've Earned It, Don't Lose It. Now she returns, with a book that goes beyond the fundamentals of her earlier work in... Read more

Unzeitgemäße Betrachtungen. Zweites Stück: Vom Nutzen und Nachtheil der Historie für das Leben - Abridged

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Axel Grube

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Aus der Kritik des "historischen Zeitalters" entwickelt Nietzsche das Modell, die Diätetik eines Ausgleichs, einer Balance zwischen Erinnerung, Vorausschau und einer unbelasteten Gegenwärtigkeit. Weiterhin sucht er im historischen Bewußtsein selbst einen Ausgleich zwischen den verschiedenen Haltungen einer ›monumentalischen‹, ›antiquarischen‹... Read more

Combatting Cyber Terrorism - Abridged

By: Richard Bingley

Narrated by: Daniel Crispin

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In his second book with IT Governance Publishing, Richard Bingley's Combatting Cyber Terrorism – A guide to understanding the cyber threat landscape and incident response planning analyses the evolution of cyber terrorism and what organisations can do to mitigate this threat.      This book discusses:   - Definitions of cyber terrorism; -... Read more

600 citaten uit de Franse filosofie - Abridged

By: Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles d...

Narrated by: Rosanne Laut

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Maak kennis met enkele van de belangrijkste Franse filosofen, Diderot, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Bachelard, Blaise Pascal. Deze figuren hebben de westerse filosofie gevormd en hun begrip zal u helpen de moderne cultuur in het algemeen te begrijpen; verdiepen zich in hun werken en gedachten met een selectie van de essentiële citaten die... Read more

Visions for the 21st Century - Abridged

By: Carl Sagan

Narrated by: Carl Sagan

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This recording features the highlights of this historic 1995 event sponsored by the Temple of Understanding and includes a talk by the late cosmologist Carl Sagan. Visions for the 21st Century was a powerful forum for religious leaders, diplomats, non-governmental organizations, and educators to present their visions for the next century. The... Read more

Menschen entschlüsseln - Abridged

By: Cord Balthasar & Jens Hoffmann

Narrated by: Josef Vossenkuhl

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wie gut kennen Sie Ihre Freunde und Kollegen? Ist der Mensch, mit dem Sie das Büro teilen, ein Fremder für Sie? Es ist gar nicht so leicht, andere Menschen richtig einzuschätzen. Denn viele der 15 bekannten Persönlichkeitsstile sind nicht gleich auf den ersten Blick zu erkennen, manche, wie der Narzissmus, fallen dagegen schnell auf. Aber was... Read more

How To Start A Conversation And Make Friends - Abridged

By: Don Gabor

Narrated by: Don Gabor

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For more than twenty-five years, small-talk expert Don Gabor has helped thousands of people communicate with wit, confidence, and enthusiasm with his bestseller How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends. This newly revised and updated edition combines classic techniques in the art of conversation with necessary skills for communicating in the... Read more

Big Bang: Vom Urknall zum Bewusstsein - Abridged

By: Manfred Spitzer, Harald Lesch & Friedemann Schrenk

Narrated by: Manfred Spitzer, Harald Lesch & Friedemann Schrenk

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In diesem Hörbuch erzählen die angesehene Wissenschaftler die Geschichte vom Urknall bis zur Entstehung des menschlichen Bewusstseins: Der Astrophysiker Harald Lesch, der Paläontologe Friedemann Schrenk und der Hirnforscher Manfred Spitzer. Mit Witz und Charme und im lockeren Plauderton gehen sie darauf ein, wie und wann sich das Universum, die... Read more

Über die Evolution des Lebens, der Pflanzen und Tiere - Abridged

By: Harald Lesch & Friedemann Schrenk

Narrated by: Harald Lesch & Friedemann Schrenk

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wie entstand eigentlich Leben? Sind wir wirklich "Kinder des Weltalls", wie es ein bekannter Wissenschaftler einst formulierte. Wann kamen Pflanzen in die Welt und wann Tiere? Seit wann gibt es Bäume, Fische, Reptilien, Vögel und Säugetiere? Stimmt es, dass Dinosaurier gar nicht ausgestorben sind? Dieses Hörbuch - erzählt von zwei führenden... Read more

How Can I Get Through To You? - Abridged

By: Terrence Real

Narrated by: Terrence Real

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: Yes

From “a superstar couples therapist…and a maestro of interpersonal drama” (The New York Times), this book offers solutions for attaining the relationships we want, filled with the love and intimacy we deserve.

Bestselling author and nationally renowned therapist Terry Real unearths the causes of communication blocks between men and women in this... Read more

Can There be Complete Freedom Of Thought? - Abridged

By: J. Krishnamurti

Narrated by: J. Krishnamurti

Length: 4 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Complete freedom from thought - 9 September 1972 • Learning is instant perception and action. What place has thought in learning? • To learn about freedom must thought be completely silent? Does insight into freedom take time? • Can thinking, however rational, bring about a psychological revolution in us? • Is thought always conditioned? Is... Read more

Manual básico do médium iniciante - Abridged

By: Ricardo Garay

Narrated by: Alice Oratio

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este audiolivro é um manual elaborado com o objetivo de ajudar muitos que ainda não perceberam que o que possuem é mediunidade. Também para aqueles que sabem de sua mediunidade, mas tem medo de assumir, estudar e se desenvolver. Um manual básico escrito por um médium que precisava ajudar os outros a encarar sua mediunidade, para que este possam... Read more

Cazadores de microbios - Abridged

By: Paul de Kruif & Emilio Ayllón Rull (Translator)

Narrated by: Roger Vidal

Length: 13 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Más pertinente que nunca, esta historia de los microbios, las bacterias y cómo la enfermedad afecta nuestra vida cotidiana y la prosperidad de nuestras sociedades no ha dejado de fascinar a quien se adentra en ella desde que se publicó por primera vez, hace ya unos cuantos años. Los superhéroes aquí son los científicos, bacteriólogos, médicos y... Read more

Clics contra la humanidad - Abridged

By: James Williams & Álex Gibert (Translator)

Narrated by: Juan Magraner

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Un clásico instantáneo de la ética de la tecnología."—TechCrunch "Apasionado, provocador, personal y divertido. Partiendo de la filosofía, los videojuegos, la literatura clásica y la ciencia contemporánea, Williams nos ayuda a entender cómo está cambiando la experiencia humana y cómo podemos recuperar el control de nuestras vidas."—David... Read more

الله - Abridged

By: عباس محمود العقاد

Narrated by: عمر رشيد

Length: 12 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

من خلال بحث عميق الجذور يعرض الكاتب لنشأة العقيدة الإلهية منذ اتخذ الإنسان ربًّا إلى أن عرف الله الأحد، واهتدى إلى نزاهة التوحيد، وقد بدأ الكاتب بعرض أصل الاعتقاد في الأقوام البدائية، ثم لخص عقائد الأقوام التي تقدمت في عصور الحضارة، ثم عقائد المؤمنين بالكتب السماوية، منتقلا بعد ذلك إلى مذاهب الفلاسفة الأسبقين ومذاهب الفلاسفة التابعين ليختم هذا... Read more

Change Your Mind to Change Your Reality - Abridged

By: Kris Ashley

Narrated by: Kris Ashley

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Change Your Mind to Change Your Reality, Kris Ashley lays out a roadmap to guide readers toward living the best life possible.Drawing on the Law of Attraction, experiments in quantum physics, manifestation practices, and various healing modalities, the author guides the reader toward inner courage and compassion. By questioning long-held... Read more