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Wow!

Revisado: 04-30-15

I thought this was a great book! I have been familiar with the story from the TV series but had never watched the whole series or read the book until now.

All I can say is that this is both a sobering and inspiring story!

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Pretty Good Listen

Revisado: 12-23-13

I enjoyed this story quite a bit. The more I read Dickens' work the more I appreciate it.

The story had some good messages but they aren't as powerfully conveyed as some of his other books in my opinion.

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Can't give this a great review but it was helpful

Revisado: 11-30-13

I have to say that this book was useful in my study fro the GRE. I must have listened to it 15 times (at 3x speed, which is pretty easy to do since normal speed is pretty slow).

There are a couple things that bothered me quite a bit:

1 - Pronunciation, a few words probably at least 10-15 (out of 650 or so) to my ear were mis-pronounced during recording. I understand that these are not the easiest words to pronounce but if you are recording a book you should probably make sure you are pronouncing the words properly. Two specific examples that were driving me crazy:

Facetious was pronounced Facetous, it took me a while to figure that out
Exacerbate was pronounced Exasperate.... that one really got me

There were plenty of others (and possibly some I didn't catch)

2 - Sloppy Production - at least one word and possible more were repeated, i presume this was due to sloppy editing. Also, there were some spelling sections that I believe were skipping some letters (again some kind of recording/editing issue?).

I could probably go on a bit longer. However the bottom line is that I thought this was a valuable book. It did help me with studying. I just wish they could take a little more pride in their product and look more and some of the details.

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Enjoyable Read

Revisado: 11-15-11

I am happy that I got this book. It gave an enjoyable account of some of the most influential scientific discoveries in the 17th century. It didn't get too technical, and so was easy to listen to without getting lost.

While I was vaguely familiar with many of the accounts of these discoveries, it was enlightening to hear pieces of journal entries or letters that describe the events first-hand.

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Very interesting story

Revisado: 11-11-11

I thought that this was a very good book, however I got a bit tired near the end. I think the ~3.5 hour speech may have been my tipping point.

However, I must say that since I have finished the book I can't help but use its ideas in my day-to-day life. It has definitely affected my outlook on economy and politics. Very influential!

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Great Book!

Revisado: 09-16-11

What a great book!

I got this because it was on sale. Little did I know how pleased I would be with it. The story is so original that it leaves you guessing the whole time. This is a great thought experiment regarding evolution, the human race and the existence of other more advanced races.

I loved it!

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