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Aristotle's Children
- How Christian, Muslims and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom
- De: Richard E. Rubenstein
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 13 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Best-selling author Richard E. Rubenstein brings the past to life in this engrossing story of social, religious, and scientific revolution during one of the darkest periods in European history. When a group of Dark Ages scholars rediscovered the works of Aristotle, the great thinker's ideas ignited a firestorm of enlightened thought. This is the endlessly fascinating account of the pivotal period in history when the modern era took root.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story of the rediscovery of Aristotle
- De John en 12-16-04
- Aristotle's Children
- How Christian, Muslims and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom
- De: Richard E. Rubenstein
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
Not really Children...but Child....Christianity.
Revisado: 08-15-13
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It was an excellent book on the Scholasticism of the middle ages and its players. I learned a lot about people I had always heard of but not read their works. My only disappointment was it did not really delve into the effects of Aristotle's teaching on Judaism and Islam in any depth.
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The Social Conquest of Earth
- De: Edward O. Wilson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Hogan
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 503
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 411
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 404
Edward O. Wilson is one of the world’s preeminent biologists, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and the author of more than 25 books. The defining work in a remarkable career, The Social Conquest of Earth boldly addresses age-old questions (Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going?) while delving into the biological sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wow, Wilson has a lot to say and boy can he write.
- De Gary en 05-21-12
- The Social Conquest of Earth
- De: Edward O. Wilson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Hogan
Excellent theory changing book.....time will tell.
Revisado: 08-15-13
If you could sum up The Social Conquest of Earth in three words, what would they be?
A new explanation
What other book might you compare The Social Conquest of Earth to and why?
The Red Queen, The Third Chimpanzee, and The Moral Animal. A book of the same type and nature but a totally different explanation and if hods up making large parts of those books obsolete.
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Professor Wilson makes a cogent argument for looking at our evolution in a different way. His argument that we are eusocial animals (like ants and bees) at first seems hard to swallow but by the end of the book, it all makes sense. The argument for multilevel evolution, if it holds up, will replace the theories of kin selection and reciprocal altruism. Clearly this a big change and this theory has its detractors.
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The 4 Percent Universe
- Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
- De: Richard Panek
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,090
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,771
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,763
Over the past few decades, a handful of scientists have been racing to explain a disturbing aspect of our universe: only four percent of it consists of the matter that makes up you, me, our books, and every star and planet. The rest is completely unknown. Richard Panek tells the dramatic story of the quest to find this “dark” matter and an even more bizarre substance called “dark energy”. This is perhaps the greatest mystery in all of science, and solving it will bring fame, funding, and certainly a Nobel Prize.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not What I Expected
- De John en 06-13-14
- The 4 Percent Universe
- Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality
- De: Richard Panek
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
A great update on the current state of cosmology
Revisado: 12-24-12
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A great update on the current state of cosmology told in an understandable way with the added bonus of some of the behind the scenes stories.
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The Mismeasure of Man
- De: Stephen Jay Gould
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 16 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 248
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 204
When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. Yet the idea of of biology as destiny dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Extremely Dated Material
- De Incognita B en 07-08-19
- The Mismeasure of Man
- De: Stephen Jay Gould
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
Excellent and eye opening
Revisado: 09-03-12
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A story of history that makes you shake your head in disbelief but also an excellent story of cognitive bias and its influence on science. A story that can still occur today.
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The Black Swan
- The Impact of the Highly Improbable
- De: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrado por: David Chandler
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,889
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,050
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,039
Maverick thinker Nassim Nicholas Taleb had an illustrious career on Wall Street before turning his focus to his black swan theory. Not all swans are white, and not all events, no matter what the experts think, are predictable. Taleb shows that black swans, like 9/11, cannot be foreseen and have an immeasurable impact on the world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Worth it in the end...I think.
- De Judd Bagley en 05-27-09
- The Black Swan
- The Impact of the Highly Improbable
- De: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrado por: David Chandler
Excellent and thought provoking
Revisado: 07-30-12
Would you listen to The Black Swan again? Why?
Well worth listening to a second time. Impossible to absorb all the implications first time around
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