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Apocalypse Untreated
- De: Gaby Dunn, Brittani Nichols
- Narrado por: Chanel Ali, Adam Faison, Qaasim Middleton, y otros
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 354
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 335
Five mentally ill teenagers in an inpatient wilderness program during the apocalypse face not only the end of the world, but also the end of their prescriptions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rated based on young adult type story
- De Charles R. Gross en 09-27-20
Intriguing take on post-apocalypse
Revisado: 12-04-22
More than 40 million people in the US take prescription meds just to live. Chances are you know someone who takes anti-depressants, statins, or diabetes medications. Now imagine that supply of medicines was completely cut off. For me personally, that thought is pure panic. Now imagine being cut off from the meds thar balance your brain chemistry. That’s this podcast series. Fantastic concept and performance, with clear separation between the characters. I thought some of the characters to be unsympathetic, but given a chance they were ok. And isn’t that the big question? Would we give people who depend on these meds to live any chance at all? Major points for making me think through that question. Give this a shot if you like post-apocalyptic series that make you think.
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The Craftsman
- De: Richard Sennett
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
The Craftsman explores the relation between the hand and the head. Richard Sennett argues that working with physical things stimulates people to think. Craftsmanship, says Sennett, names the basic human impulse to do a job well for its own sake, and good craftsmanship involves developing skills and focusing on the work rather than ourselves. The computer programmer, the doctor, the artist, and even the parent and citizen all engage in a craftsman's work. In this thought-provoking book, Sennett explores the work of craftsmen past and present.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Left wing talking points galore.
- De drew petty en 12-16-22
- The Craftsman
- De: Richard Sennett
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
Insight into the process of Craftsmanship
Revisado: 11-30-22
I have always wondered why and how Craftspeople do what they do. This book provides history and methods ranging from physical movement to neuroscience, with specific examples and stories. I loved the performance and it was perfectly paced at 1.1x. Dropped a star for sheer density in some places and for lack of accompanying material with the audio book.
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The Gene
- An Intimate History
- De: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 19 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,921
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,189
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,142
The extraordinary Siddhartha Mukherjee has written a biography of the gene as deft, brilliant, and illuminating as his extraordinarily successful biography of cancer. Weaving science, social history, and personal narrative to tell us the story of one of the most important conceptual breakthroughs of modern times, Mukherjee animates the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's a Wonderful Book
- De JKC en 06-02-16
- The Gene
- An Intimate History
- De: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
Great primer on genomics history and science
Revisado: 08-23-22
I picked up "The Gene" originally on sale at Audible and promptly forgot I owned it. A few months later, I was reading "The Next 500 Years" by Chris E. Mason, a uniquely compelling vision of the future of space travel influenced by genomics. That book is incredibly dense with ideas and technical language, to the point that I needed a primer on genomics to appreciate it. "The Gene" provided that primer around the key terminology, history, and application of genomics in a way that I could not only understand the other book, but that left me with a much stronger conceptual base for DNA, genes, gene therapy, mRNA, and more. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to build a strong conceptual understanding from which to study advanced topics, or if you just enjoy learning how modern genomics evolved. The author's style is personal and and evocative. I found myself both curious and sympathetic to the family history that inspired the book. He wove his own story into the science discussion as well as the historical discussion quite effectively. Overall a great read that even my family liked listening to in the car.
+ Excellent conceptual primer on the science and history of genomics
+ Enabled me to understand another, more advanced book
+ Jargon rich, but not jargon-heavy; it's there, but you learn to understand it progressively
+ Author's personal story sets the stage for the "Why" of the book
+ Accompanying PDF clearly describes the concepts- one of the better companions I've read.
- Sometimes the personal stories were really hard to hear
- PDF lacks description of the "The First Derivative of Identity" which is a shame
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