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Junk Raft
- An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution
- De: Marcus Eriksen
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
A scientist, activist, and inveterate adventurer, Eriksen and his co-navigator, Joel Paschal, construct a “junk raft” made of plastic trash and set themselves adrift from Los Angeles to Hawaii, with no motor or support vessel, confronting perilous cyclones, food shortages, and a fast decaying raft. As Eriksen recounts his struggles to keep afloat, he immerses listeners in the deep history of the plastic pollution crisis and the movement that has arisen to combat it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everyone should read or listen to this book
- De Thomas en 12-09-18
- Junk Raft
- An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution
- De: Marcus Eriksen
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
Everyone should read or listen to this book
Revisado: 12-09-18
Well-written and engaging; easy to understand for those unfamiliar with the plastics pollution problem, and what could be done about it.
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Big Fat Food Fraud
- Confessions of a Health-Food Hustler
- De: Jeff Philips
- Narrado por: Bob Reed
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 14
Why are you are you eating diet foods and getting fatter? Why do you still have cellulite even though you eat "healthy"? Why don't you know what you are eating, even when you read the label? Why does the obesity rate in America keep climbing, even though the weight-loss market is a $300 billion industry? It is because food manufacturers, the media, nutritionists, trainers, medical professionals, health inspectors, and people like Jeff Scot Philips collude for profits and are: big fat food liars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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informative and deeply disturbing
- De Hope & Jorge en 01-09-25
- Big Fat Food Fraud
- Confessions of a Health-Food Hustler
- De: Jeff Philips
- Narrado por: Bob Reed
Keeping it real
Revisado: 04-16-17
Really liked it-the story was entertaining and really informative. Confirms a lot of my suspicions of the mass marketed food industries and illuminated some new knowledge.
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The Gene
- An Intimate History
- De: Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Narrado por: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Duración: 19 h y 22 m
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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
Every student studying biology/biomedical sciences must read this book!!
Revisado: 07-16-16
This is a fantastic read/listen to anyone broadly interested in the history of genetics and especially useful for graduate students studying any field in biology. As a grad student myself, this book has lent me a much deeper understanding and appreciation of how modern biological understanding came to be. After listening to this book, I have a sense of deep reverence for my predecessors and great sense of pride to be researching biological processes. It was also a decent review of many historical and recent techniques used in molecular and cell biology, set in an entertaining and engaging way. Overall a must listen/read--highly recommended and worth the time!
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Tasty
- The Art and Science of What We Eat
- De: John McQuaid
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 27
Tasty explains the scientific research taking place on multiple fronts: how genes shape our tastes, how the mind assembles flavors from the five senses and signals from the body's metabolic systems, why something disgusts one person and delights another, and what today's obsessions with extreme tastes tell us about the brain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Science of Flavors, or Why I Love Hot Sauce
- De SAMA en 11-26-17
- Tasty
- The Art and Science of What We Eat
- De: John McQuaid
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
A good solid 4 stars
Revisado: 05-06-16
The narration sounded kind of boring at first but the performance picked up as the book got more interesting. Overall, an interesting read that looks at the food we eat as what defines as as humans. This it had a thought-provoking quality to it by the end of the book. I think some parts were too detailed and lost the listener's interest. I'm more interested in the neuroscience aspects of taste so that kept my attention quite strongly. Whether you're a foodie, a scientist, anthropologist, engineer or whathaveyou I think most people would find it interesting and will get something out of it so I recommend the purchase.
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