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The Pope of Physics

Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age

by Gino Segrè, Bettina Hoerlin ...

One of Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of the Year: "A superb biography . . . A definite study of Fermi's life and work." — The Wall Street JournalA Bloomberg Best Book of the YearA Finalist for Physics World 's Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceNobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the world's greatest physicists, the most famous Italian s... ... Read more

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One of Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of the Year: "A superb biography . . . A definite study of Fermi's life and work." — The Wall Street JournalA Bloomberg Best Book of the YearA Finalist for Physics World 's Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceNobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the world's greatest physicists, the most famous Italian s...
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The Golden Age of Italian Jews: 1848-1938

by Gino Segrè ...

“With this fine book, Gino Segrè weaves together the history of the golden era for Italian Jews, dating from its optimistic beginning in Piedmont in 1848 to its bitter end, less than 100 years later, with the rise of fascism and the 1938 passage of the Racial Laws. Written with his customary style and warmth, sense of history and penetrating irony, and using the often-moving stories of individual ... Read more

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“With this fine book, Gino Segrè weaves together the history of the golden era for Italian Jews, dating from its optimistic beginning in Piedmont in 1848 to its bitter end, less than 100 years later, with the rise of fascism and the 1938 passage of the Racial Laws. Written with his customary style and warmth, sense of history and penetrating irony, and using the often-moving stories of individual
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A Matter of Degrees

What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe

by Gino Segre ...

In a wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, Gino Segrè, an internationally renowned theoretical physicist, embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of how the fundamental scientific concept of temperature is bound up with the very essence of both life and matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed near 98.6°? How do geologists use temperature to track the history ... Read more

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In a wonderful synthesis of science, history, and imagination, Gino Segrè, an internationally renowned theoretical physicist, embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of how the fundamental scientific concept of temperature is bound up with the very essence of both life and matter. Why is the internal temperature of most mammals fixed near 98.6°? How do geologists use temperature to track the history
... Read more
Ordinary Geniuses

How Two Mavericks Shaped Modern Science

by Gino Segre ...

A biography of two maverick scientists whose intellectual wanderlust kick-started modern genomics and cosmology.Max Delbruck and George Gamow, the so-called ordinary geniuses of Segre's third book, were not as famous or as decorated as some of their colleagues in midtwentieth-century physics, yet these two friends had a profound influence on how we now see the world, both on its largest scale (the ... Read more

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A biography of two maverick scientists whose intellectual wanderlust kick-started modern genomics and cosmology.Max Delbruck and George Gamow, the so-called ordinary geniuses of Segre's third book, were not as famous or as decorated as some of their colleagues in midtwentieth-century physics, yet these two friends had a profound influence on how we now see the world, both on its largest scale (the
... Read more
Faust in Copenhagen

A Struggle for the Soul of Physics

by Gino Segre ...

A physicist himself, Gino Segrè writes about what scientists do and why they do it with intimacy, clarity, and passion. In Faust in Copenhagen, he evokes the fleeting, magical moment when physics' and the world was about to lose its innocence forever. Known by physicists as the miracle year, 1932 saw the discovery of the neutron and antimatter, as well as the first artificially induced nuclear ... Read more

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A physicist himself, Gino Segrè writes about what scientists do and why they do it with intimacy, clarity, and passion. In Faust in Copenhagen, he evokes the fleeting, magical moment when physics' and the world was about to lose its innocence forever. Known by physicists as the miracle year, 1932 saw the discovery of the neutron and antimatter, as well as the first artificially induced nuclear
... Read more
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The Pope of Physics

Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age

by Bettina Hoerlin, Gino Segre ...

Narrated by Tim Campbell ...

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10 hours 39 min

Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction and conversely to life-saving medical interventions.This unassuming man struggled with issues relevant today, ... Read more

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Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction and conversely to life-saving medical interventions.This unassuming man struggled with issues relevant today,
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Evolutions

Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World

by Oren Harman ...

Narrated by Oren Harman ...

Unabridged

5 hours 49 min

We don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning Zeus, but we now use genes and natural selection to explain fear and desire, and physics to demystify the workings of the universe.Evolutions brings to life the latest scientific ... Read more

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We don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning Zeus, but we now use genes and natural selection to explain fear and desire, and physics to demystify the workings of the universe.Evolutions brings to life the latest scientific
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The Lost King of France

How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

by Deborah Cadbury ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

12 hours 56 min

Louis-Charles, Duc de Normandie, enjoyed a charmed early childhood in the gilded palace of Versailles. At the age of four, he became the dauphin, heir to the most powerful throne in Europe. Yet within five years he was to lose everything. Drawn into the horror of the French Revolution, his family was incarcerated and their fate thrust into the hands of the revolutionaries who wished to destroy the ... Read more

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Louis-Charles, Duc de Normandie, enjoyed a charmed early childhood in the gilded palace of Versailles. At the age of four, he became the dauphin, heir to the most powerful throne in Europe. Yet within five years he was to lose everything. Drawn into the horror of the French Revolution, his family was incarcerated and their fate thrust into the hands of the revolutionaries who wished to destroy the
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The Huxleys

An Intimate History of Evolution

by Alison Bashford ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

17 hours 48 min

This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian natural historian T. H. Huxley ("Darwin's Bulldog") and his grandson, the scientist, conservationist, and zoologist Julian Huxley. Between them, they communicated to the world the great modern story of the theory of evolution by natural selection. In The Huxleys, celebrated historian Alison Bashford writes about these ... Read more

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This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian natural historian T. H. Huxley ("Darwin's Bulldog") and his grandson, the scientist, conservationist, and zoologist Julian Huxley. Between them, they communicated to the world the great modern story of the theory of evolution by natural selection. In The Huxleys, celebrated historian Alison Bashford writes about these
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Dr Space Junk vs The Universe

Archaeology and the Future

by Alice Gorman ...

Narrated by Cat Gould ...

Unabridged

9 hours 27 min

Alice Gorman is a space archaeologist: she examines the artifacts of human encounters with space. These objects, left behind on Earth and in space, can be massive (dead satellites in eternal orbit) or tiny (discarded zip ties around a defunct space antenna). They can be bold (an American flag on the moon) or hopeful (messages from Earth sent into deep space). They raise interesting questions: Why ... Read more

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Alice Gorman is a space archaeologist: she examines the artifacts of human encounters with space. These objects, left behind on Earth and in space, can be massive (dead satellites in eternal orbit) or tiny (discarded zip ties around a defunct space antenna). They can be bold (an American flag on the moon) or hopeful (messages from Earth sent into deep space). They raise interesting questions: Why
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From Silk to Silicon

The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives

by Jeffrey E. Garten ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

11 hours 29 min

From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the ... Read more

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From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the
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The Clock Mirage

Our Myth of Measured Time

by Joseph Mazur ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years.Award-winning author and mathematician Joseph Mazur provides an engaging exploration of how the understanding of time has evolved throughout human history and offers a compelling new vision, submitting that time lives within us. Our cells, he notes, have a temporal awareness, guided by ... Read more

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What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years.Award-winning author and mathematician Joseph Mazur provides an engaging exploration of how the understanding of time has evolved throughout human history and offers a compelling new vision, submitting that time lives within us. Our cells, he notes, have a temporal awareness, guided by
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