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A Short History of Nearly Everything
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Richard Matthews
- Duración: 18 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28,083
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21,344
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21,241
Bill Bryson has been an enormously popular author both for his travel books and for his books on the English language. Now, this beloved comic genius turns his attention to science. Although he doesn't know anything about the subject (at first), he is eager to learn, and takes information that he gets from the world's leading experts and explains it to us in a way that makes it exciting and relevant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Only Book I reread imediatley after reading
- De Andrew en 11-09-09
- A Short History of Nearly Everything
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Richard Matthews
Awesome
Revisado: 06-04-10
Narration: Superb (British accented)
If you are going to read only one science book in your life, I would recommend this one - as the title suggests, it is a delightful introduction to a wide swath of scientific disciplines. Even though this is a long narration (big book), at the end of it all, I found myself wanting more.
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Before the Dawn
- Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
- De: Nicholas Wade
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 12 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 939
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 529
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 530
Just in the last three years a flood of new scientific findings, driven by revelations discovered in the human genome, has provided compelling new answers to many long-standing mysteries about our most ancient ancestors, the people who first evolved in Africa and then went on to colonize the whole world. Nicholas Wade weaves this host of news-making findings together for the first time into an intriguing new history of the human story before the dawn of civilization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing information
- De Albert en 06-15-07
- Before the Dawn
- Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
- De: Nicholas Wade
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
Quenches thirst of wonderment
Revisado: 06-04-10
Narration: Excellent
I have long wondered about human ancestors and Nicholas Wade weaves a captivating picture of what may have been our history, piecing together disparate sources (genetic, archeological, linguistic etc). After reading this book, if you still want to know more, like I did, I would recommend that you rent/buy a super PBS Home DVD on the same topic - Journey of Man by Dr. Spencer Wells (if you still want more, get the book by Dr Spencer Wells - unfortunately, with my limited knowledge of genetics, I found it difficult to understand the book)
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Why Evolution Is True
- De: Jerry A. Coyne
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,928
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,444
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,440
Why evolution is more than just a theory: it is a fact. In all the current highly publicized debates about creationism and its descendant "intelligent design", there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned: the evidence, the empirical truth of evolution by natural selection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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As great as everyone says it is
- De Joseph en 12-01-10
- Why Evolution Is True
- De: Jerry A. Coyne
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
Illuminating without being in your face
Revisado: 06-03-10
Narration: Very Good (it took me a while to get used to the narrator though)
I have read/heard a few books on evolution - this is easily the best. It answered my questions on evolution with both solid theory and examples of the theory in action; you wont be dissapointed with this book.
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The Drunkard's Walk
- How Randomness Rules Our Lives
- De: Leonard Mlodinow
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,435
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 3,083
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,051
In this irreverent and illuminating audiobook, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, chance, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in life are often attributed to clear and obvious causes, when in actuality they are more profoundly influenced by chance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interested in statistics? This is the book.
- De Robert en 02-21-14
- The Drunkard's Walk
- How Randomness Rules Our Lives
- De: Leonard Mlodinow
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
Super edutainment
Revisado: 06-03-10
Narration:
Excellent
Pros:
1) Delves into the history of statistics and statisticians
2) Nicely explains the fundamentals of and differences between probability and statistics (I wish I had read this book before my MBA statistics course, would have given me a great grounding and set me on a path of asking the right questions)
Cons:
Really nothing - maybe the book could have been longer, I would have enjoyed it even more!
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