 | | $1,000 GENOME, THE: The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine by Kevin Davies
Science read by Johnny Heller
The author of the critically acclaimed Cracking the Genome writes a lively and deeply researched account of the race to offer a complete, individual human genome sequence to the public for just $1,000, which will be the tipping point to a revolution in personalized, genomic medicine.
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 | | 101 THEORY DRIVE: A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory by Terry McDermott
Science read by Stephen Hoye
An obsessive scientist and his eclectic team of researchers race to discover one of the hidden treasures of neuroscience--the physical makeup of memory--and in the process pursue a pharmaceutical wonder drug.
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 | | 4 PERCENT UNIVERSE, THE: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality by Richard Panek
Science read by Ray Porter
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.
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 | | AGE OF EMPATHY, THE: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society by Frans de Waal
Science read by Alan Sklar
An engrossing, lucid exploration of the origins of human morality that challenges our most basic assumptions, from the world's leading primatologist.
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 | | BEAK OF THE FINCH, THE: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner
Science read by Victor Bevine
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 | | BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE, THE: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
Science read by Arthur Morey
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 | | BLIND WATCHMAKER, THE: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design by Richard Dawkins
Science read by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward
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 | | BRILLIANT BLUNDERS: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe by Mario Livio
Science read by Jeff Cummings
Drawing on the lives of five renowned scientists, Mario Livio shows how even these geniuses made major mistakes and how their errors were an essential part of the process of achieving scientific breakthroughs.
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 | | CONFESSIONS OF AN ALIEN HUNTER: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Seth Shostak
Science read by Patrick Lawlor
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 | | CONNECTOME: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are by Sebastian Seung
Science read by MacLeod Andrews
The bold and thrilling quest to finally understand the brain.
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