27 Best Space Science Books
Space Science is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Space Science audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 27 Space Science audiobooks below.
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Far Side of the Moon
- By: Liisa Jorgensen
- Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.6(46 ratings)
4.6(46 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USD“Perhaps the most human story to emerge from mankind’s greatest technological achievement.”–Capt. Phil “Rowdy” Yates (USN Ret.) Far Side of the Moon is the untold, fully authorized story of the lives of Frank and“Perhaps the most human story to emerge from mankind’s greatest technological achievement.”–Capt. Phil “Rowdy” Yates (USN Ret.)
Far Side of the Moon is the untold, fully authorized story of the lives of Frank and Susan Borman. One was a famous astronaut–an instrumental part of the Apollo space program–but the other was just as much a warrior. This real-life love story is far from a fairy tale.
Life as a military wife was beyond demanding, but Susan always rose to the occasion. When Frank joined NASA and was selected to command the first mission to orbit the moon, Susan’s well-hidden depression and alcoholism finally came to light. Frank had to come to terms with how his “mission above all else” mentality contributed to his wife’s suffering. As Susan healed, she was able to begin helping others who suffered in silence from mental illness and addiction.
Discover how Frank and Susan’s love and commitment to each other is still overcoming life’s challenges, even beyond their years as an Apollo commander and the founder of the Astronaut Wives Club.
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Shoot for the Moon
- By: James Donovan
- Narrator: Allan Robertson
- Length: 13 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 12, 2019
- Language: English
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4.37(1059 ratings)
4.37(1059 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDLearn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story “the best book on Apollo”: this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuity celebrates one of the most daring feats in human history.When the alarm went off... Read moreLearn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story “the best book on Apollo”: this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuity celebrates one of the most daring feats in human history.When the alarm went off forty thousand feet above the moon’s surface, both astronauts looked down at the computer to see 1202 flashing on the readout. Neither of them knew what it meant, and time was running out . . .On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. One of the world’s greatest technological achievements — and a triumph of the American spirit — the Apollo 11 mission was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to winning the space race against the Soviets.Set amid the tensions and upheaval of the sixties and the Cold War, Shoot for the Moon is a gripping account of the dangers, the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that came before it. From the shock of Sputnik and the heart-stopping final minutes of John Glenn’s Mercury flight to the deadly whirligig of Gemini 8, the doomed Apollo 1 mission, and that perilous landing on the Sea of Tranquility — when the entire world held its breath while Armstrong and Aldrin battled computer alarms, low fuel, and other problems — James Donovan tells the whole story.Both sweeping and intimate, Shoot for the Moon is “a powerfully written and irresistible celebration” of one of humankind’s most extraordinary accomplishments (Booklist, starred review). -
Skinwalkers at the Pentagon
- By: James T. Lacatski
- Narrator: Byron Wagner
- Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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4.22(778 ratings)
4.22(778 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDSkinwalkers at the Pentagon unmasks the massive scope of the Pentagon’s landmark UFO study that ran from the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC. The Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program or AAWSAP investigated theSkinwalkers at the Pentagon unmasks the massive scope of the Pentagon’s landmark UFO study that ran from the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC. The Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program or AAWSAP investigated the “Tic Tac” and other “nuts and bolts” UFO events, analyzed intrusions of UFOs onto US military bases, as well as probed the plethora of bizarre phenomena that government investigators encountered on Skinwalker Ranch.
Written by two program insiders and a respected journalist, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon comes to a conclusion that has never before been revealed!
UFOs often led to the “attachment” of strange phenomena to military personnel who visited the Ranch and brought “something” home to their families, resulting in frightening eruptions of paranormal events in their households that terrorized and sometimes injured their children.
By the end of the two-year program, more than 100 separate technical reports, some of which ran to hundreds of pages, were delivered to the Defense Intelligence Agency. Among them was a 149-page report on the Soviet (and now Russian) UAP investigation/analysis capability. Another detail is the design and the building of a functional prototype for an autonomous Unidentified Aerial Phenomena surveillance platform.
Skinwalkers at the Pentagon has been reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense and cleared for public release.
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Ask an Astronaut
- By: Tim Peake
- Narrator: Robin Ince
- Length: 7 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 17, 2017
- Language: English
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4.2(1416 ratings)
4.2(1416 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDWas it fun to do a space walk? How squashed were you in the capsule on the way back? What were your feelings as you looked down on Earth for the first time? Were you ever scared? Where to next — the Moon, Mars, or beyond? Based on hisWas it fun to do a space walk? How squashed were you in the capsule on the way back? What were your feelings as you looked down on Earth for the first time? Were you ever scared? Where to next — the Moon, Mars, or beyond?... Read moreBased on his historic mission to the International Space Station, Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake’s guide to life in space, and his answers to the thousands of questions he has been asked since his return to Earth. With explanations ranging from the mundane — how do you wash your clothes or go to the bathroom while in orbit? — to the profound — what’s the point? — all written in Tim’s characteristically warm style, Tim shares his thoughts on every aspect of space exploration.
From training for the mission to launch, to his historic spacewalk, to re-entry, he reveals for readers of all ages the cutting-edge science behind his groundbreaking experiments, and the wonders of daily life on board the International Space Station. The public was invited to submit questions using the hashtag #askanastronaut, and a selection are answered by Tim in the book, accompanied with illustrations, diagrams, and never-before-seen photos.
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Eccentric Orbits
- By: John Bloom
- Narrator: Donald Corren
- Length: 18 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.18(575 ratings)
4.18(575 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDThe incredible story of Iridium–the most complex satellite system ever built, the cell phone of the future, and one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in American history–and one man’s desperate race to save it. In the earlyThe incredible story of Iridium–the most complex satellite system ever built, the cell phone of the future, and one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in American history–and one man’s desperate race to save it.
In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American technology company, developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Light years ahead of anything previously put into space, and built on technology developed for Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars,” Iridium’s constellation of sixty-six satellites in polar orbit meant that no matter where you were on Earth, at least one satellite was always overhead, and you could call Tibet from Fiji without a delay and without your call ever touching a wire.
Iridium the satellite system was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment, surely the future of communication. The only problem was that Iridium the company was a commercial disaster. Only months after launching service, it was $11 billion in debt, burning through $100 million a month, and crippled by baroque rate plans and agreements that forced calls through Moscow, Beijing, Fucino, Italy, and elsewhere. Bankruptcy was inevitable–the largest to that point in American history. And when no real buyers seemed to materialize, it looked like Iridium would go down as just a “science experiment.”
That is, until Dan Colussy got a wild idea. Colussy, a former head of Pan-Am now retired and working on his golf game in Palm Beach, heard about Motorola’s plans to “de-orbit” the system and decided he would buy Iridium and somehow turn around one of the biggest blunders in the history of business.
In Eccentric Orbits, John Bloom masterfully traces the conception, development, and launching of Iridium and Colussy’s tireless efforts to stop it from being destroyed, from meetings with his motley investor group, to the Clinton White House, the Pentagon, and the hunt for customers in special ops, shipping, aviation, mining, search and rescue–anyone who would need a durable phone at the end of the Earth. Impeccably researched and wonderfully told, Eccentric Orbits is a rollicking, unforgettable tale of technological achievement, business failure, the military-industrial complex, and one of the greatest deals of all time.
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Origins
- By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrator: Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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4.14(6527 ratings)
4.14(6527 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDA thrilling and accessible tour of the cosmos Our true origins are not just human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology,A thrilling and accessible tour of the cosmos
Our true origins are not just human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins explains the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. From the first image of a galaxy birth to Spirit rover’s exploration of Mars, to the discovery of water on one of Jupiter’s moons, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct a galvanizing tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance.
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Gravitational Waves
- By: Brian Clegg
- Narrator: James Gillies
- Length: 4 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 07, 2021
- Language: English
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4.13(178 ratings)
4.13(178 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDOn September 14, 2015, after fifty years of searching, gravitational waves were detected for the first time, and astronomy changed forever. Up until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light, radio,On September 14, 2015, after fifty years of searching, gravitational waves were detected for the first time, and astronomy changed forever. Up until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light, radio, X-rays, and the rest. But gravitational waves–ripples in the fabric of space and time–are unrelenting, passing through barriers that stop light dead. At the two 2.5 mile long LIGO observatories in the US, scientists developed incredibly sensitive detectors, capable of spotting a movement 100 times smaller than the nucleus of an atom. In 2015, they spotted the ripples produced by two black holes spiraling into each other, setting spacetime quivering. This was the first time black holes had ever been directly detected–and it promises far more for the future of astronomy.
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Thirteen
- By: Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.
- Narrator: Christopher David
- Length: 5 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: April 15, 2021
- Language: English
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4.06(633 ratings)
4.06(633 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDOn the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft.On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised engines and failing life-support systems, the crew was in incomparably grave danger. Faced with below-freezing temperatures, a seriously ill crewmember, and a dwindling water supply, a safe return seemed unlikely. Thirteen is the shocking and miraculous true story of how the astronauts and ground crew guided Apollo 13 back to Earth. Expanding on dispatches written for The New Yorker, Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. brings listeners unparalleled detail on the moment-by-moment developments of one of NASA’s most dramatic missions.
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Hollyweird Science: From Quantum Quirks to the Multiverse
- By: Kevin R. Grazier
- Narrator: John Lescault
- Length: 12 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.04(27 ratings)
4.04(27 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDLighthearted, quirky, and upbeat, this audiobook explores the portrayal of science and technology on both the big and little screen–and how Hollywood is actually doing a better job of getting it right than ever before. Grounded in theLighthearted, quirky, and upbeat, this audiobook explores the portrayal of science and technology on both the big and little screen–and how Hollywood is actually doing a better job of getting it right than ever before. Grounded in the real-word, and often cutting-edge, science and technology that inspires fictional science, the authors survey Hollywood depictions of topics such as quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and alien worlds. Including material from interviews with over two dozen writers, producers, and directors of acclaimed science-themed productions–as well as scientists, science fiction authors, and science advisors–Hollyweird Science examines screen science fiction from the sometimes-conflicting vantage points of storytellers, researchers, and viewers.
Including a foreword by Eureka cocreator and executive producer Jaime Paglia, and an afterword by astronomer and science fiction author Michael Brotherton, PhD, this audiobook is accessible to all listeners from the layperson to the armchair expert to the professional scientist, and will delight all of them equally.
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Destination Mars
- By: Andrew May
- Narrator: Mike Cooper
- Length: 4 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: July 20, 2021
- Language: English
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4.04(118 ratings)
4.04(118 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWhen the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However, NASA’s Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot, and the much-anticipated crewed mission failed to materialize, defeated by aWhen the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However, NASA’s Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot, and the much-anticipated crewed mission failed to materialize, defeated by a combination of technological and political challenges. Four decades after Viking and almost half a century after Apollo, technology has improved beyond recognition–as has politics. As private ventures like SpaceX seize center stage from NASA, Mars has undergone a seismic shift–it’s become the prime destination for future human expansion and colonization. But what’s it really like on Mars, and why should anyone want to go there? How do you get there, and what are the risks? Astrophysicist and science writer Andrew May answers these questions and more, as he traces the history of our fascination with the Red Planet.
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Exoplanets (Goldsmith)
- By: Donald Goldsmith
- Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 10, 2018
- Language: English
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4(67 ratings)
4(67 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAstronomers have recently discovered thousands of planets that orbit stars throughout the Milky Way. Much of what has captured the imagination of planetary scientists and the public is the unexpected strangeness of these distant worlds. The sizes,Astronomers have recently discovered thousands of planets that orbit stars throughout the Milky Way. Much of what has captured the imagination of planetary scientists and the public is the unexpected strangeness of these distant worlds. The sizes, masses, and orbits of exoplanets detected so far raise new questions about how planets form and evolve. Still more tantalizing are the efforts to determine which exoplanets might support life. Astronomers are steadily improving their means of examining these planets, using advanced spacecraft sent into orbits a million miles from Earth. These instruments will provide better observations of these planetary systems, which are nestled close enough to their dim red stars to maintain Earthlike temperatures. The quest to find other worlds brims with possibility, and Donald Goldsmith presents the science of exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life in a way that even Earthlings with little to no background in astronomy or astrophysics can understand and enjoy.
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Flashes of Creation
- By: Paul Halpern
- Narrator: David Stifel
- Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 17, 2021
- Language: English
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3.98(73 ratings)
3.98(73 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDA respected physics professor and author breaks down the great debate over the Big Bang and the continuing quest to understand the fate of the universe. Today, the Big Bang is so entrenched in our understanding of the cosmos that to doubt it wouldA respected physics professor and author breaks down the great debate over the Big Bang and the continuing quest to understand the fate of the universe.
Today, the Big Bang is so entrenched in our understanding of the cosmos that to doubt it would seem crazy. But as Paul Halpern shows in Flashes of Creation, just decades ago its mere mention caused sparks to fly. At the center of the debate were Russian American physicist George Gamow and British astrophysicist Fred Hoyle. Gamow insisted that a fiery explosion explained how the elements of the universe were created. Attacking the idea as half-baked, Hoyle countered that the universe was engaged in a never-ending process of creation. The battle was fierce. In the end, Gamow turned out to be right — mostly — and Hoyle, along with his many achievements, is remembered for giving the theory the silliest possible name: “The Big Bang.” Halpern captures the brilliance of both thinkers and reminds us that even those proved wrong have much to teach us about boldness, imagination, and the universe itself. -
Talentos ocultos
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrator: Hayley Cresswell
- Length: 12 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Espanol
- Publish date: February 28, 2017
- Language: Spanish
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3.97(165 ratings)
3.97(165 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USDLa fenomenal historia de mujeres matematicas afroamericanas de la NASA en la vanguardia del movimiento feminista y de derechos civiles, cuyos calculos impulsaron uno de los mayores logros espaciales de Estados Unidos. Pronto sera una gran peliculaLa fenomenal historia de mujeres matematicas afroamericanas de la NASA en la vanguardia del movimiento feminista y de derechos civiles, cuyos calculos impulsaron uno de los mayores logros espaciales de Estados Unidos. Pronto sera una gran pelicula protagonizada por Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, y Kevin Costner. Antes de que John Glenn girara en orbita alrededor de la Tierra, o Neil Armstrong caminara en la luna, un grupo de mujeres profesionales en el area de las matematicas conocidas como <
... Read more> usaron lapices, reglas de calculo, maquinas de sumar para escribir las ecuaciones base para el lanzamiento de cohetes y astronautas al espacio. Entre ellas se encuentran un grupo de mujeres afroamericanas excepcionalmente talentosas, algunas de las mentes mas brillantes de su generacion. Originalmente relegadas a ensenar matematicas en escuelas publicas segregadas del sur, fueron llamadas a servir durante la escasez laboral de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando la industria aeronautica de Estados Unidos se encontraba en extrema necesidad de alguien con conocimientos. Repentinamente, estas profesionales tenian acceso a un empleo digno de sus habilidades y respondieron al llamado del Tio Sam, se mudaron a Hampton, Virginia, y al fascinante mundo del Laboratorio Aeronautico Langley Memorial. A pesar de que las leyes Jim Crow de Virginia les obligaba a estar separadas de sus homologos blancos, el grupo de mujeres afroamericanas < > ayudo a Estados Unidos a alcanzar una de las metas mas deseadas: una victoria decisiva sobre la Union Sovietica durante la Guerra Fria, y el dominio completo de los cielos. Iniciando en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y hasta la Guerra Fria, el Movimiento de los derechos civiles y la carrera espacial, Figuras ocultas entrelaza las historias de Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson y Christine Darden, cuatro mujeres afroamericanas que participaron en algunos de los mayores exitos de la NASA. Es la cronica de sus carreras a lo largo de casi tres decadas en las que enfrentaron desafios, alianzas y utilizaron su intelecto para cambiar sus vidas y el futuro de su pais. -
Hidden Figures
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrator: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: September 06, 2016
- Language: English
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3.97(82190 ratings)
3.97(82190 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae,The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.
Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.
Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South’s segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America’s aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam’s call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.
Even as Virginia’s Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langley’s all-black “West Computing” group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens.
Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country’s future.
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Seeking the Multiverse
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: Alex Boyles
- Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.95(73 ratings)
3.95(73 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDInstead of “what if the South won the Civil War?” cosmologists ask, “what if the constants that make up the fundamental building blocks of physics were different?” Physicists argue that any slight change to the laws ofInstead of “what if the South won the Civil War?” cosmologists ask, “what if the constants that make up the fundamental building blocks of physics were different?” Physicists argue that any slight change to the laws of physics would mean a disruption in the evolution of the universe, and thus our existence. With the many factors that had to align for us to exist, it can seem like the laws of physics might seem finely tuned to make our existence possible. Instead of a supernatural or divine explanation, this book explores the possibility is that our universe isn’t the only one.
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Beyond
- By: Stephen Walker
- Narrator: David Rintoul
- Length: 15 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 13, 2021
- Language: English
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3.94(356 ratings)
3.94(356 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.99 USD“This remarkable account of the 1961 race into space is a thrilling piece of storytelling….It is high definition history: tight, thrilling and beautifully researched.” (The Times, London, Front Page Lead Review) “Beyond has“This remarkable account of the 1961 race into space is a thrilling piece of storytelling….It is high definition history: tight, thrilling and beautifully researched.” (The Times, London, Front Page Lead Review)
“Beyond has the exhilaration of a fine thriller, but it is vividly embedded in the historic tensions of the Cold War, and peopled by men and women brought sympathetically, and sometimes tragically, to life.”–Colin Thubron, author of Shadow of the Silk Road
09.07 am. April 12, 1961. A top secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile–originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead–and blasts into the skies. His name is Yuri Gagarin. And he is about to make history.
Travelling at almost 18,000 miles per hour–ten times faster than a rifle bullet–Gagarin circles the globe in just 106 minutes. From his windows he sees the earth as nobody has before, crossing a sunset and a sunrise, crossing oceans and continents, witnessing its beauty and its fragility. While his launch begins in total secrecy, within hours of his landing he has become a world celebrity – the first human to leave the planet.
Beyond tells the thrilling story behind that epic flight on its 60th anniversary. It happened at the height of the Cold War as the US and USSR confronted each other across an Iron Curtain. Both superpowers took enormous risks to get a man into space first, the Americans in the full glare of the media, the Soviets under deep cover. Both trained their teams of astronauts to the edges of the endurable. In the end the race between them would come down to the wire.
Drawing on extensive original research and the vivid testimony of eyewitnesses, many of whom have never spoken before, Stephen Walker unpacks secrets that were hidden for decades and takes the reader into the drama of one of humanity’s greatest adventures – to the scientists, engineers and political leaders on both sides, and above all to the American astronauts and their Soviet rivals battling for supremacy in the heavens.
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How to Die in Space
- By: Paul M. Sutter
- Narrator: Paul M. Sutter
- Length: 12 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.9(211 ratings)
3.9(211 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDA brilliant and breathtakingly vivid tour of the universe, describing the physics of the dangerous, the deadly, and the scary in the cosmos So you’ve fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, huh? You want to witnessA brilliant and breathtakingly vivid tour of the universe, describing the physics of the dangerous, the deadly, and the scary in the cosmos
So you’ve fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, huh? You want to witness the birth of a star, or visit the black hole at the center of our galaxy? You want to know if there are aliens out there, or how to travel through a wormhole? You want the wonders of the universe revealed before your very eyes?
Well stop, because all that will probably kill you.
From mundane comets in our solar backyard to exotic remnants of the Big Bang, from dying stars to young galaxies, the universe may be beautiful, but it’s treacherous. Through metaphors and straightforward language, How to Die in Space breathes life into astrophysics, unveiling how particles and forces and fields interplay to create the drama in the heavens above us.
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The 4 Percent Universe
- By: Richard Panek
- Narrator: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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3.89(227 ratings)
3.89(227 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDOver 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 completelyOver 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. Based on in-depth reporting and interviews with the major players—from Berkeley’s feisty, excitable Saul Perlmutter and Harvard’s witty but exacting Robert Kirshner to the doyenne of astronomy, Vera Rubin—the book offers an intimate portrait of the bitter rivalries and fruitful collaborations, the eureka moments and blind alleys, that have fueled their search, redefined science, and reinvented the universe.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. Our view of the cosmos is profoundly wrong, and Copernicus was only the beginning: not just Earth, but all common matter is a marginal part of existence. Panek’s fast-paced narrative, filled with original reporting and behind-the-scenes details, brings this epic story to life for the very first time.
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Exoplanets
- By: Michael Summers
- Narrator: Jon Bennett
- Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 28, 2017
- Language: English
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3.86(522 ratings)
3.86(522 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDSince its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, remarkable in their variety. Astronomer Michael Summers andSince its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, remarkable in their variety. Astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that are mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the emptiness of space. This captivating book reveals the latest discoveries and argues that the incredible richness and complexity we are finding necessitates a change in our questions and mental paradigms. In short, we have to change how we think about the universe and our place in it, because it is stranger and more interesting than we could have imagined.
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The Accidental Universe
- By: Alan Lightman
- Narrator: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 3 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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3.85(3347 ratings)
3.85(3347 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDFrom the acclaimed author of Einstein’s Dreams and Mr. g comes a meditation on the unexpected ways in which recent scientific findings have shaped our understanding of ourselves and our place in the cosmos. With all the passion, curiosity, andFrom the acclaimed author of Einstein’s Dreams and Mr. g comes a meditation on the unexpected ways in which recent scientific findings have shaped our understanding of ourselves and our place in the cosmos.
With all the passion, curiosity, and precise yet lyrical prose that have marked his previous books, Alan Lightman here explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by discoveries in science, focusing most intently on the human condition and the needs of humankind. He looks at the difficult dialogue between science and religion, the conflict between our human desire for permanence and the impermanence of nature, the possibility that our universe is simply an accident, the manner in which modern technology has separated us from direct experience of the world, and our resistance to the view that our bodies and minds can be explained by scientific logic and laws. And behind all of these considerations is the suggestion–at once haunting and exhilarating–that what we see and understand of the world is only a tiny piece of the extraordinary, perhaps unfathomable whole.
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How It All Ends
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: Alex Boyles
- Length: 8 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.81(56 ratings)
3.81(56 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe Book of Revelation, the Maya, Nostradamus–humans have speculated about the end since, well, the beginning. In this book, we look at several “end of the world” scenarios–or at least, things that could make human lifeThe Book of Revelation, the Maya, Nostradamus–humans have speculated about the end since, well, the beginning. In this book, we look at several “end of the world” scenarios–or at least, things that could make human life really difficult.
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Exoplanets
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: Alex Boyles
- Length: 5 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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3.8(50 ratings)
3.8(50 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDIn the two decades since astronomers first discovered the existence of a planet outside of our solar system, “exoplanetology” has become the hottest specialty in astrophysics. Scientists young and old, inspired by the thought of findingIn the two decades since astronomers first discovered the existence of a planet outside of our solar system, “exoplanetology” has become the hottest specialty in astrophysics. Scientists young and old, inspired by the thought of finding either another habitable world or the Holy Grail of space exploration–life itself–flocked to be part of this burgeoning field. With so much brainpower on hand, it’s no wonder that investigative techniques advanced more quickly than anyone would have thought. To date, more than one thousand exoplanets have been found, and in this audiobook, Exoplanets: Worlds without End, we delve into this quest that sometimes sounds more like science fiction than science. So far, we’re still alone out here, but in a field where the discoveries are coming thick and fast, it’s exciting to think that it could all change tomorrow.
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For All Humankind
- By: Tanya Harrison
- Narrator: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 3 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.78(48 ratings)
3.78(48 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDJuly 20, 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin left humanity’s first footprints on the Moon. The plaque they left behind reads, “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969, A.D.July 20, 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin left humanity’s first footprints on the Moon. The plaque they left behind reads, “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.” But was the Apollo 11 moon landing mission really a global endeavor? How did people outside the United States view these “rocket men”?
Against the political backdrop of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, was it, indeed, “For all mankind”? Dr. Tanya Harrison has talked to individuals from a variety of locations outside the United States, to see how this event touched the lives of people across the world.
The previously untold stories in For All Humankind reveal the impact of the moon landings around the globe, and what having a “man on the moon” meant to the international community. Listeners will
hear interviews with eight non-Americans to get their perspectives,be inspired by their memories of the event as they saw it, and have a unique opportunity to learn more about one of the most historic events in human history.
If you liked A Man on the Moon, Rocket Men, and First Man, you will love this insightful book.
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The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac
- By: Craig Campobasso
- Narrator: David Bendena
- Length: 6 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Red Wheel Weiser
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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3.73(96 ratings)
3.73(96 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThis is the ultimate field guide to the eighty-two extraterrestrial species that populate the universe. ET enthusiast Craig Campobasso explores the origins, physical characteristics, technological and consciousness abilities, dimensional capacities,This is the ultimate field guide to the eighty-two extraterrestrial species that populate the universe. ET enthusiast Craig Campobasso explores the origins, physical characteristics, technological and consciousness abilities, dimensional capacities, belief systems, and cosmic agendas of each species. The species fall into two categories: 1) benevolent races, which function as the guardians of humanity, whose goals include protecting people, helping people overcome duality, and healing them; and 2) malevolent races, which are responsible for abductions, cloning, and domination. This intergalactic expose will entertain all those interested in UFOs, aliens, and ETs. Sci-fi and fantasy fans of universes such as Marvel, Star Trek, Star Wars, and Roswell are prime targets for this book that delves deep into who the real extraterrestrials are and what they want with the people of Earth.
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Dark Winter
- By: John L. Casey
- Narrator: David Stifel
- Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: July 26, 2016
- Language: English
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3.6(5 ratings)
3.6(5 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDClimate change has been a perplexing problem for years. Casey’s research into the Sun’s activity, which began almost a decade ago, resulted in discovery of a solar cycle that is now reversing from its global warming phase to that ofClimate change has been a perplexing problem for years. Casey’s research into the Sun’s activity, which began almost a decade ago, resulted in discovery of a solar cycle that is now reversing from its global warming phase to that of dangerous global cooling for the next thirty years or more. This new cold climate will dramatically impact the world’s citizens. A sobering look at Earth’s future, Dark Winter predicts worldwide, crop- destroying cold; food shortages and riots in the United States and abroad; significant global loss of life; and social, political, and economic upheaval.
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Exploring Mars
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: Alex Boyles
- Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.4(15 ratings)
3.4(15 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDOur nearest planetary neighbor has been the subject of endless fascination and wide-ranging theories throughout history. Is there life on Mars? Was there ever life on Mars? What was the atmosphere like thousands or millions of years ago? FromOur nearest planetary neighbor has been the subject of endless fascination and wide-ranging theories throughout history. Is there life on Mars? Was there ever life on Mars? What was the atmosphere like thousands or millions of years ago? From Percival Lowell, who built his own observatory so he could dedicate himself to studying the red planet, to NASA landing the car-sized Curiosity rover in 2012, this book traces Scientific American’s coverage of the observation and exploration of Mars.
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An End to Upside Down Contact
- By: Mark Gober
- Narrator: Mark Gober
- Length: 8 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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3.09(11 ratings)
3.09(11 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDAre we alone? The answer, according to Mark Gober’s An End to Upside Down Contact, is a resounding NO. Humans exist among a variety of advanced species, sometimes identified as aliens, spirits, beings of light, and beyond. In fact, ourAre we alone? The answer, according to Mark Gober’s An End to Upside Down Contact, is a resounding NO. Humans exist among a variety of advanced species, sometimes identified as aliens, spirits, beings of light, and beyond. In fact, our civilization seems to be regularly influenced by such nonhuman intelligences, even if we’re not always aware of it. Near-death experiences and other phenomena of consciousness reveal that some species exist in other dimensions that our eyes cannot ordinarily see. Similarly, UFOs and alien abductions–which were examined by the former head of psychiatry at Harvard–provide additional evidence that we are not alone. As strange as it might sound, none of this is new: contact with nonhuman intelligence is likely a part of humanity’s ancient history. This isn’t just some “fringe” phenomenon, either. We seem to exist within a multispecies, multidimensional battle between Good and Evil, and our future as a civilization is at stake. Buckle up for a wild–and paradigm-shifting–ride.
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