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    Mindslip: Evolution's Nemesis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 586min
    When Betelgeuse turns supernova and showers the Earth with unexpected radiation, it changes everything. Mindslip is totally preposterous, yet the story unfolds as if it is happening to you, right now. You are astrophysicist Geoff Arnold, and suddenly you find your body changed beyond all recognition. You then discover that your wife and children have vanished into a world you can hardly recognize. Can you find them and save the world from the effects of Mindslip?Prepare to be immersed in bizarre and unexpected characters and to imagine their impossible yet frighteningly realistic predicaments.Penned by Tony Harmsworth, a new British author who has already achieved two UK Kindle best sellers in his first year, Mindslip is an extraordinary, truly unique book that blends science fiction with soft psychological horror and unexpected humor. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kym Miller, David Sweeney-Bear. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228726/bk_acx0_228726_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 454min
    Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spirituality The late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide range of topics, including the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets, creationism and so-called intelligent design, and a new concept of science as "informed worship". Originally presented at the centennial celebration of the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland in 1985 but never published, this book offers a unique encounter with one of the most remarkable minds of the twentieth century. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adrienne C. Moore, Ann Druyan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/008997/bk_brll_008997_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    S.T.O.R.M.: The Infinity Code, Hörbuch, Digital, 195min
    In just a few days, Will Knight lost everyone he cared about, and his world is falling apart. Then he's invited to join secret organization STORM. He doesn't know anything about them, but they know all about him: particularly his talent for inventing gadgets.STORM is the brainchild of 14-year-old software billionaire Andrew. Other members are Caspian Baraban, a brilliant astrophysicist with an immense ego, and Gaia, a chemistry genius who loves blowing things up. But when Caspian's father is abducted, evidence suggests he and Caspian have created a world-threatening weapon. Will leads STORM in pursuit from Paris to St Petersburg and finally face to face with a psychopath. Armed with three brilliant brains, iron courage, and a remote-controlled rat, can STORM face down the enemy - and can Will face the uncomfortable family secrets that their actions uncover? Language: English. Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/macm/000272/bk_macm_000272_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, the Universe, and Us
    The International Bestseller On April 10, 2019, award-winning astrophysicist Heino Falcke presented the first image ever captured of a black hole at an international press conference—a turning point in astronomy that Science magazine called the scientific breakthrough of the year. That photo was captured with the unthinkable commitment of an intercontinental team of astronomers who transformed the world into a global telescope. While this image achieved Falcke's goal in making a black hole "visible” for the first time, he recognizes that the photo itself asks more questions for humanity than it answers. Light in the Darkness takes us on Falcke's extraordinary journey to the darkest corners of the universe. From the first humans looking up at the night sky to modern astrophysics, from the study of black holes to the still-unsolved mysteries of the universe, Falcke asks, in even the greatest triumphs of science, is there room for doubts, faith, and a God? A plea for curiosity and humility, Light in the Darkness sees one of the great minds shaping the world today as he ponders the big, pressing questions that present themselves when we look up at the stars.
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    Moon Rock: Mare Crisium , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 424min
    Picking up where the national best-seller Sex on the Moon left off, NASA astrophysicist Thad Roberts takes us behind the scenes of America’s justice system after being arrested for stealing moon rocks to impress his girlfriend. This fascinating, heart-wrenching, and sometimes humorous account of corruption and dehumanization, offers a rich portrayal of the process of ruin that senselessly awaits America’s underprivileged. It is a raw and uncensored account that needs to be told, not because it is unique, but because it is far too common. It is an intimate portrayal of humanity’s declining identity - which must be understood to be reversed. Thad’s Mare Crisium account, referencing a prominent feature on the moon whose name translates as Sea of Crises, contains a subtle yet powerful insight for how to deal with tragedy, highlighting the role that defiance and passion play in overcoming despair and reclaiming a life of adventure and human connection. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jonathan Farkasofsky. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/128191/bk_acx0_128191_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    T-U-L-E (The Coded Message Trilogy) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 507min
    The stakes are raised. Luke and his friends spy on The Six to better understand the deception it is providing to the world. They each continue with their normal jobs to try and appear as if nothing is unusual, but The Six begin to suspect they have become traitors to their cause. Yet Luke, an astrophysicist, and Sarah, a physician, are needed to keep the Mars mission on time. One of Luke’s friends discovers a puzzle that leads them to a deeper understanding of what may happen in their future, but it opposes the message The Six is trying to tell the masses. Luke and his friends attempt to spread their newfound information to as many people as possible while trying to stay under the radar of The Six. If discovered, they will be on a one-way ticket to Mars themselves, with no hope of returning. Will they be successful, or will they all have to start new lives on Mars? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason Huggins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/135597/bk_acx0_135597_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 435min
    Light of the Stars is science at the grandest of scales, and it tells a radically new story about what we are: one world in a universe awash in planets. Building on his widely discussed scientific papers and New York Times op-eds, astrophysicist Adam Frank shows that not only is it likely that alien civilizations have existed many times before, but also that many of them have driven their own worlds into dangerous eras of change.  He explains how dust storms on Mars, the greenhouse effect on Venus, Gaia Theory, the threat of nuclear winter, and efforts to prove or disprove the plurality of worlds from Aristotle to Copernicus to Carl Sagan have contributed to our understanding of our place in the universe and the growing challenge of climate change. And he raises what may be the largest question of all: If there has been life on other worlds, what can its presence tell us about our own fate? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Pariseau. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/002105/bk_high_002105_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Black Genesis: The Prehistoric Origins of Ancient Egypt , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 613min
    Relegated to the realm of archaeological heresy, despite a wealth of hard scientific evidence, the theory that an advanced civilization of Black Africans settled in the Sahara long before Pharaonic Egypt existed has been dismissed and even condemned by conventional Egyptologists, archaeologists, and the Egyptian government.Uncovering compelling new evidence, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy present the anthropological, climatological, archaeological, geological, and genetic research supporting this hugely debated theory of the B;ack African origin of Egyptian civilization.Building upon extensive studies from the past four decades and their own archaeoastronomical and hieroglyphic research, the authors show how the early Black culture known as the Cattle People not only domesticated cattle but also had a sophisticated grasp of astronomy; created plentiful rock art at Gilf Kebir and Gebel Uwainat; had trade routes to the Mediterranean coast, central Africa, and the Sinai; held spiritual and occult ceremonies; and constructed a stone calendar circle and megaliths at the ceremonial site of Nabta Playa. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Page. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/011337/bk_tant_011337_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Elsewhen , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 203min
    A scientist makes two stunning discoveries: First, his lost soul mate is alive in an alternate universe, and second, the Earth is doomed. Science prodigies Lije (Elijah) Grant and Laura Bess Austin have been soul mates since they were kids. But as Laura Bess is flying off to college, the plane goes down and all aboard are lost. Lije is devastated; the love of his life is gone. Lije grows up to become an astrophysicist, living a minimal existence, tracking boring space junk, night after tedious night at a radar station. Then one evening, he notices a satellite suddenly veering off course, disappearing into deep space. Investigating, he discovers that it is the work of a small black hole, and it is coming closer. The Earth has maybe two weeks before Armageddon. And that's when Laura Bess walks up to Lije in a coffee shop and says "Hello, stranger." The future just isn't what it used to be; neither is the past. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mil Nicholson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/027558/bk_acx0_027558_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Our Universe
    A world-renowned astrophysicist takes us through the huge, unfolding history of the universeThe night sky is an endless source of wonder and mystery. For thousands of years it has been at the heart of scientific and philosophical inquiry, from the first star catalogues etched into ancient Mesopotamian clay tablets to the metres-wide telescopes constructed in Chile's Atacama Desert today. On a clear night it is hard not to look up and pick out familiar constellations, and to think of the visionary minds who pioneered our understanding of what lies beyond.In this thrilling new guide to our Universe and how it works, Professor of Astrophysics Jo Dunkley reveals how it only becomes more beautiful and exciting the more we discover about it. With warmth and clarity, Dunkley takes us from the very basics - why the Earth orbits the Sun, and how our Moon works - right up to massive, strange phenomena like superclusters, quasars, and the geometry of spacetime. As she does so, Dunkley unfurls the history of humankind's heroic journey to understand the history and structure of the cosmos, revealing the extraordinary, little-known stories of astronomy pioneers including Williamina Fleming, Vera Rubin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Illuminating and uplifting, this is your essential guide to the biggest subject of all.
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