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The Genesis Machine

Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology

by Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel ...

A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA breakthrough investigation of synthetic biology: the promising and controversial technology platform that combines biology and artificial intelligence and has the potential to program biological systems like we program computers.The breakthrough science of synthetic biology has the potential to help solve humanity’s existential challenges from climate change, to ... Read more

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A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA breakthrough investigation of synthetic biology: the promising and controversial technology platform that combines biology and artificial intelligence and has the potential to program biological systems like we program computers.The breakthrough science of synthetic biology has the potential to help solve humanity’s existential challenges from climate change, to
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The Genesis Machine

Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology

by Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel ...

Narrated by Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel, Tim Campbell, Landon Woodson, Amanda Dolan ...

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10 hours 6 min

A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA breakthrough investigation of synthetic biology: the promising and controversial technology platform that combines biology and artificial intelligence and has the potential to program biological systems like we program computers.The breakthrough science of synthetic biology has the potential to help solve humanity’s existential challenges from climate change, to ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

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A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA breakthrough investigation of synthetic biology: the promising and controversial technology platform that combines biology and artificial intelligence and has the potential to program biological systems like we program computers.The breakthrough science of synthetic biology has the potential to help solve humanity’s existential challenges from climate change, to
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Regenesis

How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves

by George M. Church, Ed Regis ...

Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

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10 hours 47 min

A Harvard biologist and master inventor explores how new biotechnologies will enable us to bring species back from the dead, unlock vast supplies of renewable energy, and extend human life.In Regenesis, George Church and science writer Ed Regis explore the possibilities of the emerging field of synthetic biology. Synthetic biology, in which living organisms are selectively altered by modifying ... Read more

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A Harvard biologist and master inventor explores how new biotechnologies will enable us to bring species back from the dead, unlock vast supplies of renewable energy, and extend human life.In Regenesis, George Church and science writer Ed Regis explore the possibilities of the emerging field of synthetic biology. Synthetic biology, in which living organisms are selectively altered by modifying
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Proof

The Art and Science of Certainty

by Adam Kucharski ...

Narrated by Nathaniel Priestley ...

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9 hours 43 min

An award-winning mathematician—he "made me smile and made me feel clever" (Peter Frankopan)—shows how we prove what’s true, and what to do when we can’tHow do we establish what we believe? And how can we be certain that what we believe is true? And how do we convince other people that it is true? For thousands of years, from the ancient Greeks to the Arabic golden age to the modern world, science ... Read more

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An award-winning mathematician—he "made me smile and made me feel clever" (Peter Frankopan)—shows how we prove what’s true, and what to do when we can’tHow do we establish what we believe? And how can we be certain that what we believe is true? And how do we convince other people that it is true? For thousands of years, from the ancient Greeks to the Arabic golden age to the modern world, science
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Our Women on the Ground

Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

Narrated by Soneela Nankani ...

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10 hours 51 min

**Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour“A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés.” —Dwight Garner, ... Read more

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**Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour“A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés.” —Dwight Garner,
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The Writer's Practice

Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing

by John Warner ...

Narrated by Gary Bennett ...

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5 hours 47 min

For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom, from the author of Why They Can't Write.After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom ... Read more

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For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom, from the author of Why They Can't Write.After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom
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The Great Heist

China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets

by David R. Shedd, Andrew Badger ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

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11 hours 36 min

A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the largest-scale theft of intellectual property, technology, and data in history—reshaping the global balance of power and redrawing the geopolitical map for decades to comeThe Great Heist exposes China's unprecedented state-orchestrated espionage campaign to strip the United States and its allies of ... Read more

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A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the largest-scale theft of intellectual property, technology, and data in history—reshaping the global balance of power and redrawing the geopolitical map for decades to comeThe Great Heist exposes China's unprecedented state-orchestrated espionage campaign to strip the United States and its allies of
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The Warhead

The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon in the Age of Modern Warfare

by Jeffrey E. Stern ...

Narrated by Jeffrey E. Stern, Sitara Attaie, Ray Corasani, Vas Eli, Justin Price, Peter Romano, Saskia Maarleveld, Gary Tiedemann, Dallis Seeker ...

Unabridged

12 hours 4 min

**An Apple Best Book of the MonthFrom award-winning journalist and coauthor of The 15:17 to Paris, an affecting human history of the first self-steering bomb**Paveway, the first "smart" bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb, however, is ever more complex and unpredictable.In The Warhead, Jeffrey Stern tells ... Read more

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**An Apple Best Book of the MonthFrom award-winning journalist and coauthor of The 15:17 to Paris, an affecting human history of the first self-steering bomb**Paveway, the first "smart" bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb, however, is ever more complex and unpredictable.In The Warhead, Jeffrey Stern tells
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track

The Letters of Richard P. Feynman

by Richard P. Feynman, Timothy Ferris ...

Narrated by Richard Poe, Johanna Parker ...

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9 hours 34 min

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a loving husband and father, an enthusiastic teacher, a surprisingly accomplished bongo player, and a genius of the highest caliber--Richard P. Feynman was all these and more. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track-collecting over forty years' worth of Feynman's letters-offers an unprecedented look at the writer and thinker whose scientific mind and ... Read more

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A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a loving husband and father, an enthusiastic teacher, a surprisingly accomplished bongo player, and a genius of the highest caliber--Richard P. Feynman was all these and more. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track-collecting over forty years' worth of Feynman's letters-offers an unprecedented look at the writer and thinker whose scientific mind and
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The Secret History of Food

Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat

by Matt Siegel ...

Narrated by Roger Wayne ...

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5 hours 30 min

An irreverent, surprising, and entirely entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods we know and loveIs Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually . . . English?“As a species, we’re hardwired to obsess ... Read more

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An irreverent, surprising, and entirely entertaining look at the little-known history surrounding the foods we know and loveIs Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually . . . English?“As a species, we’re hardwired to obsess
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Life's Greatest Secret

The Race to Crack the Genetic Code

by Matthew Cobb ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

11 hours 59 min

Everyone has heard of the story of DNA as the story of Watson and Crick and Rosalind Franklin, but knowing the structure of DNA was only a part of a greater struggle to understand life's secrets. Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us. This great ... Read more

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Everyone has heard of the story of DNA as the story of Watson and Crick and Rosalind Franklin, but knowing the structure of DNA was only a part of a greater struggle to understand life's secrets. Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us. This great
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Impact

How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong

by Greg Brennecka ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

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8 hours 42 min

A Short History of Nearly Everything meets Astrophysics for People in a Hurry in this humorous, accessible exploration of how meteorites have helped not only build our planet but steered the evolution of life and human culture.The Solar System. Dinosaurs. Donkey Kong. What is the missing link? Surprisingly enough, it's meteorites. They explain our past, constructed our present, and could define ... Read more

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A Short History of Nearly Everything meets Astrophysics for People in a Hurry in this humorous, accessible exploration of how meteorites have helped not only build our planet but steered the evolution of life and human culture.The Solar System. Dinosaurs. Donkey Kong. What is the missing link? Surprisingly enough, it's meteorites. They explain our past, constructed our present, and could define
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