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https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dealers of Lightning Subtitle: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age Author: Michael Hiltzik Narrator: Forrest Sawyer Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 214 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Based on extensive interviews with scientists, engineers, administrators, and corporate executives who lived the story, Dealers of Lightning takes the listener on a journey from PARC's beginnings in a dusty, abandoned building at the edge of the Stanford University campus to its triumph as a hothouse of ideas that spawned not only the first personal computer, but the windows-style graphical user interface, the laser printer, much of the indispensable technology of the Internet, and a great deal more. It shows how and why Xerox, despite its willingness to grant PARC unlimited funding and the responsibility for developing breakthroughs to keep the corporation on the cutting edge of office technology, remained forever unable to grasp (and, consequently, exploit) the innovations that PARC delivered, and details the increasing frustration of the original PARC scientists, many of whom would go on to build their fortunes upon the very ideas Xerox so rashly discarded. Critic Reviews: "...for any student of business or technology, Dealers of Lightning offers a gem of a story that has never before been so well told." (The New York Times Book Review)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Life Decoded Subtitle: My Genome - My Life Author: J. Craig Venter Narrator: Dick Hill Format: Unabridged Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 10-24-07 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 118 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: In 1984 he joined the National Institutes of Health, where he introduced novel techniques for rapid gene discovery. He left in 1991 to form his own nonprofit genomics research center, where he sequenced the first genome in history in 1995. In 1998 he announced that he would successfully sequence the human genome years earlier and for far less money than the government-sponsored Human Genome Project would - a prediction that came to pass in 2001. A Life Decoded is the triumphant story of one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in science today. In this riveting and inspiring account, Venter tells of the unparalleled drama of the quest for the human genome, a tale that involves as much politics as science. He also reveals how he went on to be the first to read and interpret his own genome and what it will mean for all of us to do the same. He describes his recent sailing expedition to sequence microbial life in the ocean, as well as his groundbreaking attempt to create synthetic life. Here is one of the key scientific chronicles of our lifetime, as told by the man who beat the odds to make it happen. Critic Reviews: "[Venter is] not just trying to understand how life works; he's trying to make it work for him, and us." (The Atlantic Monthly) "Well worth reading for the fascinating perspective it offers on one of the major scientific discoveries of all time." (Publishers Weekly)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Jonas Salk Subtitle: A Life Author: Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs Narrator: Pam Ward Format: Unabridged Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 10-06-15 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 21 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: The authoritative account of one of the 20th century's most important - and controversial - scientists. When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a 20th-century icon - a knight in a white coat. In the wake of his achievement, he received a staggering number of awards and honors; for years his name ranked with Gandhi and Churchill on lists of the most revered people. And yet the one group whose adulation he craved - the scientific community - remained ominously silent. "The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success," Salk later said. "I knew right away that I was through - cast out." In the first complete biography of Jonas Salk, Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs unravels Salk's story to reveal an unconventional scientist and a misunderstood and vulnerable man. Despite his incredible success in developing the polio vaccine, Salk was ostracized by his fellow scientists, who accused him of failing to give proper credit to other researchers and scorned his taste for media attention. Even before success catapulted him into the limelight, Salk was an inscrutable man disliked by many of his peers. Driven by an intense desire to aid mankind, he was initially oblivious and eventually resigned to the personal cost - as well as the costs suffered by his family and friends. And yet Salk remained, in the eyes of the public, an adored hero. Based on hundreds of personal interviews and unprecedented access to Salk's sealed archives, Jacobs' biography offers the most complete picture of this figure. Salk's story has never been fully told; until now, his role in preventing polio has overshadowed his part in codeveloping the first influenza vaccine, his effort to meld the sciences and humanities in the magnificent Salk Institute, and his pioneering work on AIDS.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Meaning of it All Subtitle: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist Author: Richard Feynman Narrator: Raymond Todd Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 07-18-07 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 213 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Marked by Feynman's characteristic combination of rationality and humor, these lectures provide an intimate glimpse at the man behind the legend. He says at the start of his final lecture, "I dedicate this lecture to showing what ridiculous conclusions and rare statements such a man as myself can make." Rare, perhaps, and irreverent, sure. But ridiculous? Not even close.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Son of the Wilderness Subtitle: The Life of John Muir Author: Linnie Marsh Wolfe Narrator: James Armstrong Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 11-20-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of John Muir, the rugged individualist and passionate protector of the wild who saw that the encroachment of civilization into nature would threaten civilization itself.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Weaving the Web Subtitle: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web Author: Tim Berners-Lee Narrator: Tim Berners-Lee Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 102 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: In Weaving the Web, this low-profile genius tells his own story of the Web's origins - from its radical introduction and the creation of the now ubiquitous "www" and "http" acronyms to how he sees the future development of this revolutionary medium. Berners-Lee offers insights to help listeners understand the true nature of the Web, enabling them to use it to their fullest advantage. He shares his views on such critical issues as censorship, privacy, and the increasing power of software companies in the online world. Critic Reviews: "The real reason to read this book... is to get [his] view of what is still to come." (Business Week) "Anyone who needs to understand the most fundamental change in society since the Industrial Revolution must [hear this]." (Lew Wilks, Quest Communications)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Right Kind of Crazy Subtitle: A True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation Author: Adam Steltzner, William Patrick Narrator: Christopher Grove Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 01-12-16 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 150 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: The true story of how an unlikely leader helped inspire a team of rocket scientists to achieve the near impossible: landing a 2000-pound rover on Mars. Few organizations solve as many impossible problems as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and nobody knows more about leading rocket scientists to unlikely breakthroughs than Adam Steltzner. As the phase lead and development manager for EDL (entry, descent, and landing) of the Curiosity rover to Mars, Steltzner spearheaded the creation of one of engineering's wackiest kluges - the sky crane, which allowed the heaviest rover in the history of space exploration to land on Mars unscathed. Steltzner is no ordinary engineer. His path to leadership was about as unlikely as they come. A child of beatnik parents, he was a daredevil and avid mountain biker, breaking 32 bones before squeaking through high school. He blew off college in favor of work at a health food store and playing bass in a band. After an interest in the movement of the stars led him to enroll part time at community college, Steltzner discovered an astonishing gift for math and physics. Within years he got his PhD and ensconced himself within the offbeat Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's decidedly unbureaucratic cousin, where success in a mission is the only metric that matters. The Right Kind of Crazy is the story of the teamwork, drama, and extraordinary feats of innovation at the Jet Propulsion Lab that culminated in landing the rover Curiosity on Mars in 2012. It also weaves Steltzner's professional life - centering on the 10 years he and his team spent planning and then executing the landing of the rover - with his unlikely journey from academic underachiever to rocket scientist. Along the way listeners will learn about what makes effective teams, how to stay on task for the long haul, and strategies for solving incredibly complex problems. The Right Kind of Crazy is a book for anyone striving for excellence.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Business @ the Speed of Thought Subtitle: Using a Digital Nervous System Author: CEO, Microsoft), Bill Gates (Founder Narrator: Bill Gates, Roger Steffens Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 200 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: As the cofounder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Microsoft, the world's leading provider of software for personal computers, Bill Gates played a prominent role in launching the Information Age. Now this modern visionary reveals how expanding technology is propelling the business world into an exciting new economic era...how every manager can - and must - stay ahead of the curve...and how integrated information systems can help every organization achieve Business @ the Speed of Thought. This program is narrated by Roger Steffens and includes commentary by the author. ©1999 by William H. Gates, III, All Rights Reserved (P)1999 by William H. Gates, III; 16 9; 1999 Time Warner AudioBooks (Packaging Elements Only), A Division of Time Warner Trade Publishing

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Snake Charmer Subtitle: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge Author: Jamie James Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 06-13-08 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 29 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: In 2001 Slowinski led a team of young scientists deep into the wilds of Burma on a final tragic expedition. Immediately after being bitten by the many-banded krait, the deadliest serpent in Asia, Joe knew his life was in grave and imminent peril. Thus began one of the most remarkable wilderness rescue attempts of modern times, as Joe's teammates kept him alive for 30 hours by mouth-to-mouth respiration. The Snake Charmer is at once a brilliant biography, a pulse-pounding adventure story, an exotic travel book, and a fascinating introduction to the bizarre world of snake science.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Way I See It Subtitle: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger's: 32 New Subjects Revised & Expanded Author: Temple Grandin Narrator: Colleen Patrick Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs Language: English Release date: 11-02-16 Publisher: Future Horizons Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Dr. Temple Grandin gets to the real issues of autism, the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful dos and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific topics she delves into: This revised and expanded edition of The Way I See It contains 32 new subjects based on the most current autism research, including:

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Unknown Legend: The Authorized Biography of Author and Titanic Historian William Brower Author: Pamela Isley Narrator: Eric Trotman Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 01-11-18 Publisher: Cynthia Levers Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: William Brower is a recognized historian within the Titanic community. He's also the author of 32 books which have caught the attention of noted actors and others yet still unknown to the public. This is the authorized story featuring interviews from friends and family on this unknown legend.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Charles Darwin: A Life from Beginning to End Author: Hourly History Narrator: William Irvine Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 01-02-18 Publisher: Hourly History Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Charles Darwin thought he would be a clergyman after an uneventful childhood, where he hated school but loved the natural world. All that would change when he was allowed to be a part of a worldwide expedition to faraway lands. He was able to collect specimens and keep notes on all he experienced. Inside you will hear about.... This audiobook takes a closer look at who Charles Darwin was, how he lived his everyday life and how influential he became; not just in his own day but into the modern world as well. Find out what interested his incredible mind and how Darwin presented his theories to a yet unsuspecting world. From beetles to butterflies, coral reefs and tropical islands, from apes to humans, learn how Charles Darwin's evidence speaks even to the world today.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary: The iPhone Revolution: How Steve Jobs Changed the Way We Live Author: Ivan Fernandez Narrator: Joe Farinacci Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 12-29-17 Publisher: Mode ON Publishing Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Ever watched a Disney movie? Or do you own an iPhone? Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Inc., CEO of Pixar, and CEO of NeXT. Widely recognized as the face of Apple Inc. and a powerful story of rags to riches, Steve Jobs was responsible for many of the devices which we are using today. Can you believe it? 20 years ago, Nokia was the world's largest phone manufacturer. Twenty years later, everything changed. Lets be honest, would you have thought that a phone with touch screen technology is possible 20 years ago? Steve Jobs, an innovative inventor and entrepreneur, unfortunately left us in 2011, but his legacy is here to last. What can we learn from a man who worked passionately till the day he died? With a deeper insight into Steve Jobs life, journey, failures and inventions, The iPhone Revolution tells the story of a genius billionaire, with chapters on: "Your time is limited. Dont waste it living someone elses life." - Steve Jobs Get a copy of The iPhone Revolution today and explore the journey of an extreme innovator. P. S. - Who you learn from and who you look up to usually influence who you become. Who do you want to become?

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Charles Darwin Subtitle: Victorian Mythmaker Author: A. N. Wilson Narrator: Richard Burnip Format: Unabridged Length: 18 hrs and 37 mins Language: English Release date: 12-12-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin, hailed as the man who "discovered evolution", was propelled into the pantheon of great scientific thinkers, alongside Galileo, Copernicus, and Newton. Eminent writer A. N. Wilson challenges this long-held assumption. Contextualizing Darwin and his ideas, he offers a groundbreaking critical look at this revered figure in modern science. In this beautifully written, deeply erudite portrait, Wilson argues that Darwin was not an original scientific thinker, but a ruthless and determined self-promoter who did not credit the many great sages whose ideas he advanced in his book. Furthermore, Wilson contends that religion and Darwinism have much more in common than it would seem, for the acceptance of Darwin's theory involves a significant leap of faith. Armed with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, Wilson explores how Darwin and his theory were very much a product of their place and time. The "survival of the fittest" was really the survival of middle class families like the Darwins - members of a relatively new economic strata who benefited from the rising Industrial Revolution at the expense of the working classes. Following Darwin's theory, the wretched state of the poor was an outcome of nature, not the greed and neglect of the moneyed classes. In a paradigm-shifting conclusion, Wilson suggests that it remains to be seen, as this class dies out, whether the Darwinian idea will survive, or whether it, like other Victorian fads, will become a footnote in our intellectual history. Brilliant, daring, and ambitious, Charles Darwin explores this legendary man as never before, and challenges us to reconsider our understanding of both Darwin and modern science itself.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: What Einstein Got Wrong Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Dan Hooper Format: Original Recording Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 12-08-17 Publisher: The Great Courses Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: These 12 half-hour lectures are about what Einstein got wrong. He may have kindled a scientific revolution with his famous theory of relativity and his proof that atoms and light quanta exist, but he balked at accepting the most startling implications of these theories - such as the existence of black holes, the big bang, gravity waves, and mind-bendingly strange phenomena in the quantum realm. In a course that assumes no background in science and uses very little math, research physicist Dan Hooper of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Chicago focuses on Einstein's personal qualities that made him a heavy hitter with relativity but also a strikeout king in many of his other ideas. You start with two lectures on Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, and in a later lecture you cover his founding role in quantum theory. All are titanic achievements. The balance of the course deals with his false starts, blind alleys, and outright blunders, which are fascinating for what they reveal about the give-and-take conduct of science. For example, the possibility of black holes, which are infinitely dense concentrations of matter, emerged from the equations of general relativity. However, the idea seemed so absurd to Einstein that he believed something in nature must prevent black holes from forming. He was wrong. Similar considerations led him to doubt the existence of gravity waves, insist that the universe must be static and eternal, and hold out for a deterministic theory that would solve the weird paradoxes of quantum mechanics. Again, he was wrong. Dr. Hooper closes with a lecture on the missteps of other great physicists - Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton - proving that Einstein is in good company. Even geniuses struggle to find the truth. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Nikola Tesla: A Life from Beginning to End Author: Hourly History Narrator: Bridger Conklin Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 12-07-17 Publisher: Hourly History Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Nikola Tesla was a major figure in the world in which he lived. As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, it was Tesla who would contribute to some of the world's most amazing inventions. It was Tesla's theories, patents, and experiments that would pave the way for the digital, wireless world we are so familiar with today. Tesla didn't enjoy the high honors bestowed on so many of his contemporaries, yet he enjoyed the power of knowing that it was his inventions that were powering the world, literally. Inside you will learn about.... This book will take you through the life of Nikola Tesla. From his humble beginnings in Croatia to all he would accomplish as a citizen of the United States, Tesla shows how his imagination fueled his creativity and brought his inventions to life. See Nikola Tesla for what he truly was; an extraordinary visionary who sparked the world.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Last Man Who Knew Everything Subtitle: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age Author: David N. Schwartz Narrator: Tristan Morris Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 28 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of the brilliant, charismatic, and very human physicist and innovator Enrico Fermi In 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi. Straddling the ages of classical physics and quantum mechanics, equally at ease with theory and experiment, Fermi truly was the last man who knew everything - at least about physics. But he was also a complex figure who was a part of both the Italian Fascist Party and the Manhattan Project, and a less-than-ideal father and husband who nevertheless remained one of history's greatest mentors. Based on new archival material and exclusive interviews, The Last Man Who Knew Everything lays bare the enigmatic life of a colossus of 20th-century physics. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Critic Reviews: "A lucid writer who has done his homework, Schwartz...delivers a thoroughly enjoyable, impressively researched account.... Never a media darling like Einstein or Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) is now barely known to the public, but few scientists would deny that he was among the most brilliant physicists of his century.... A rewarding, expert biography of a giant of the golden age of physics." (Kirkus) "Told in a sure, steady voice, Schwartz's book delivers a scrupulously researched and lovingly crafted portrait of the 'greatest Italian scientist since Galileo.'" (Publishers Weekly) "One of the finest biographies of the year, The Last Man Who Knew Everything combines the historic, the scientific and the personal in a deft and effortless way. Enrico Fermi was easily one of the most fascinating human beings of the 20th century, a man whose intellectual brilliance was trapped inside an all-too-human shell. The result, in David Schwartz's able interpretation, is nothing short of spellbinding." (Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Super Sad True Love Story)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: My Inventions Subtitle: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla Author: Nikola Tesla Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Written by Nikola Tesla at the age of 63, this autobiography is a fascinating glimpse into the interior life of a man who may have contributed more to the fields of electricity, radio, and television than any other person living or dead, a man certainly possessed of genius, and one who some consider the most important man of the 20th century. My Inventions is a firsthand account not only of the art and science behind the conception, execution, and reception of Tesla's most famous inventions but of his early life and first creative efforts as well. History buffs, science enthusiasts, backyard inventors, and anyone who has ever dared to dream big will be thrilled to hear this engaging, informative, and uniquely humorous autobiography.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Nikola Tesla: A Captivating Guide to the Life of a Genius Inventor Author: Captivating History Narrator: Duke Holm Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 44 mins Language: English Release date: 11-02-17 Publisher: Captivating History Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 31 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Explore the Captivating Life of Nikola Tesla! Obsessive, brilliant, and tortured, Nikola Tesla was lauded for his invention of the alternating current (AC) and other significant contributions to science. His claim that harnessing the forces of nature was the only worthwhile scientific endeavor" both impressed and enraged the scientific community. Eventually his peers could no longer dismiss his eccentricities and began to view him as a crackpot - a potentially dangerous one. Although Teslas work was a major factor in the success of the second Industrial Revolution, he died alone, impoverished, and largely shunned by the scientific community that once hailed him a genius. Beset by visions, without a wife or children, Nikola Teslas brilliant mind changed the world, even though at the time of his death he passed unnoticed into obscurity. Some of the topics covered in this audiobook include: Listen to this audiobook now to learn more about Nikola Tesla.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Endurance Subtitle: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery Author: Scott Kelly Narrator: Scott Kelly Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-17 Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Endurance by Scott Kelly. From the NASA astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently. The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for most consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few of us ever have and very few of us ever will. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humour and passion shine as he describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal. He touches on what's happened to his body, the sadness of being isolated from everyone he loves, the pressures of constant close cohabitation, the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk and the still more haunting threat of being absent should tragedy strike at home. From a natural storyteller, Endurance is one of the finest examples of the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Endurance Subtitle: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery Author: Scott Kelly Narrator: Scott Kelly Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins Language: English Release date: 10-17-17 Publisher: Random House Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 766 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: A stunning memoir from the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - a candid account of his remarkable voyage, of the journeys off the planet that preceded it, and of his colorful formative years. The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now he takes us inside a sphere utterly inimical to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of depressurization or colliding with space junk; and the still more haunting threat of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home - an agonizing situation Kelly faced when, on another mission, his twin brother's wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while he still had two months in space. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humor, and passion resonate throughout as he recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career and as he makes clear his belief that Mars will be the next ultimately challenging step in American spaceflight. A natural storyteller and modern-day hero, Kelly has a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come. Here, in his personal story, we see the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Dead Men Do Tell Tales Subtitle: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist Author: William R. Maples PhD, Michael Browning Narrator: Stephen Bel Davies Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 10-03-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: From a skeleton, a skull, or a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, prominent forensic anthropologist Dr. William Maples can deduce the age, gender, and ethnicity of a murder victim, the manner in which the person was dispatched, and, ultimately, the identity of the killer. In Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Dr. Maples revisits his strangest, most interesting, and most horrific investigations, from the baffling cases of conquistador Francisco Pizarro and Vietnam MIAs to the mysterious deaths of President Zachary Taylor and the family of Czar Nicholas II. Critic Reviews: "When he's not shattering myths about maggots, Dr. Maples is delightfully unraveling true murder mysteries, ancient and modern. He's not just another clever forensic detective - he's a poet, a philosopher, and a sly commentator on the fractured human condition, pre- and post-mortem." (Carl Hiaasen, author of Strip Tease)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Man of the Hour Subtitle: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist Author: Jennet Conant Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: The remarkable life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant - a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War - told by his granddaughter, New York Times best-selling author Jennet Conant. James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the center of the mammoth threats and challenges of the 20th century. As a young eminent chemist, he supervised the production of poison gas in WWI. As a controversial president of Harvard University, he was a champion of meritocracy and open admissions. As an advisor to FDR, he led the interventionist cause for US entrance in WWII. During that war, Conant was the administrative director of the Manhattan Project, oversaw the development of the atomic bomb, and argued that it be used against the industrial city of Hiroshima in Japan. Later, he urged the Atomic Energy Commission to reject the hydrogen bomb and devoted the rest of his life to campaigning for international control of atomic weapons. As Eisenhower's high commissioner to Germany, he helped to plan German recovery and was an architect of the United States' Cold War policy. Now New York Times best-selling author Jennet Conant recreates the cataclysmic events of the 20th century as her grandfather James experienced them. She describes the guilt, fears, and, sometimes, regret of those who invented and deployed the bombs and the personal toll it took. From the White House to Los Alamos to Harvard University, Man of the Hour is based on hundreds of documents and diaries and interviews with Manhattan Project scientists, Harvard colleagues, and Conant's friends and family, including her father, James B. Conant's son. This is a very intimate, up-close look at some of the most argued cases of modern times - among them the use of chemical weapons, the decision to drop the bomb, Oppenheimer's fate, the politics of postwar Germany, and the Cold War - the repercussions of which are still affecting our world today.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Author: Readtrepreneur Publishing Narrator: Chris Brown Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 08-29-17 Publisher: Readtrepreneur Publishing Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 28 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi| Book Summary | Readtrepreneur Disclaimer: This is not the original book What makes life worth living? Paul has always strove to understand the meaning of life - first through literature, then through medicine. This audiobook, When Breath Becomes Air, tells us the true story of Paul Kalanithi, who always wondered about the meaning of life and death. Paul brings us through his journey as a surgeon and a patient, as we understand more about the struggles of their battles with cancer. Note: This summary is wholly written and published by readtrepreneur.com It is not affiliated with the original author in any way. "Human knowledge is never contained in one person. It grows from the relationships we create between each other and the world, and still it is never complete." - Paul Kalanithi As a neurosurgeon, Paul has always come face to face with life and death of his patients. He had guided many families through the deaths of his many patients, but when Paul became a patient of cancer himself, he was clueless. From a neurosurgeon with a bright future to a man facing death, Paul debated on his next course of action, and still strove to make the most out of the limited time he had. P.S. This is a truly heart-warming audiobook that gives listeners a deeper insight of life and death which will make you laugh and cry, as late Paul Kalanithi tells his story.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Voyage of the Beagle Author: Charles Darwin Narrator: David McCallion Format: Unabridged Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 08-24-17 Publisher: A.R.N. Publications Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: On December 27, 1831, the HMS Beagle took sail. Onboard was a young Charles Darwin. He would set out on an adventure that would lead him to question everything about man's place in the world and how humans came to be. The Voyage of the Beagle is the journal Darwin kept during his travels and where he would note his observations of the extraordinary and natural wonders he encountered, from volcanoes to the coral reefs of Australia. It would be these natural wonders that would lead to him questioning how the different species of the world came to be and eventually to his radical theories, which would one day turn the world upside down with the eventual publication of On the Origins of Species.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Freud Subtitle: The Making of an Illusion Author: Frederick Crews Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Length: 25 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 08-22-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: From the master of Freud debunkers, the book that definitively puts an end to the myth of psychoanalysis and its creator. Since the 1970s, Sigmund Freud's scientific reputation has been in an accelerating tailspin - and for excellent reasons. Nevertheless, the idea persists that some of his proposals were visionary discoveries. In Freud: The Making of an Illusion, Frederick Crews investigates the record and reveals findings that will revolutionize our conception of the therapist, the theorist, and the human being. Drawing on rarely consulted archives, Crews shows us a man who blundered tragicomically in his dealings with patients, who never produced a corroborated cure, who promoted cocaine in one decade and was deluded by it in the next, who misunderstood the psychological controversies of the era, and who advanced his career through falsifying case histories and betraying the mentors who had helped him to rise. The contrary legend has persisted, Crews shows, thanks to Freud's self-fashioning as a master detective of the psyche and later through a campaign of censorship and obfuscation conducted by his followers. A monumental biographical study and a slashing critique, Freud: The Making of an Illusion will stand as the last word on one of the most significant and contested figures of the 20th century.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Analysis of Jill Bolte Taylor's My Stroke of Insight by Milkyway Author: Milkyway Media Narrator: Ian Fishman Format: Unabridged Length: 21 mins Language: English Release date: 08-21-17 Publisher: Milkyway Media Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (2008) is neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor's reckoning with the stroke she had in 1996, when she was 37 years old. Describing her experience in terms of her brain anatomy and how her symptoms progressed, Taylor combines her perspectives as a scientist and a patient. Purchase this in-depth analysis to learn more.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Simply Electrifying Subtitle: The Technology That Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk Author: Craig R. Roach Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 08-15-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Simply Electrifying: The Technology That Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk brings to life the 250-year history of electricity through the stories of the men and women who used it to transform our world: Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Michael Faraday, Samuel F.B. Morse, Thomas Edison, Samuel Insull, Albert Einstein, Rachel Carson, Elon Musk, and more. In the process, it reveals for the first time the complete, thrilling, and often dangerous story of electricity's historic discovery, development, and worldwide application. Electricity plays a fundamental role not only in our everyday lives but in history's most pivotal events, from global climate change and the push for wind- and solar-generated electricity to Japan's nuclear accident at Fukushima and Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons. Written by electricity expert and four-decade veteran of the industry, Craig R. Roach, Simply Electrifying marshals, in fascinating narrative detail, the full range of factors that shaped the electricity business over time - science, technology, law, politics, government regulation, economics, business strategy, and culture - before looking forward toward the exhilarating prospects for electricity generation and use that will shape our future.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Thank You, Steve Jobs: A Legendary Visionary, Innovator and Business Leader Subtitle: 27 Life Changing Lessons from Steve Jobs About Life, Business and Leadership Author: Jamie Morris Narrator: David Carroll Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 08-11-17 Publisher: Jamie Morris Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Do you often wonder how the most affluent billionaires made it to where they are today? Would you like to know how they did it, what they did, and, most importantly, what it cost? In Thank You, Steve Jobs: A Legendary Visionary, Innovator and Business Leader - 27 Life Changing Lessons from Steve Jobs About Life, Business and Leadership by Jamie Morris, he follows the stories of these billionaires, what drove them to set up the ideas, the failures they have been through, and how they continue to let their visions grow into feasible business models. Within this book you will learn valuable lessons on topics such as life, business, failures, expectations, and leadership. You will learn the specific secrets that Steve Jobs used to maximize his life success in all aspects. Most importantly, this book includes the snapshot accounts of: It was this approach that led the late Steve Jobs into the success that everyone experiences today because of his vast vision. Grab yourself a hot drink, settle in, and get ready to learn 27 powerful life-changing lessons that will take your life and your business to the next level.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Short History of George Soros Subtitle: From Genius Currency Speculator to Master Philanthropist Author: Shrewdhippo Digests Narrator: David L. White Format: Unabridged Length: 14 mins Language: English Release date: 08-07-17 Publisher: Shrewdhippo Digests Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: This audiobook provides key insights into the "rags to riches" story of George Soros, and his journey to become one of the world's most famous investors. It discusses his investment strategies and his strong passion for philanthropy, and driving social change. This audiobook details Soros' myriad talents, and his multitude of achievements, including his investment acumen and genius.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Summary and Analysis of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Author: Start Publishing Notes Narrator: Michael Gilboe Format: Unabridged Length: 38 mins Language: English Release date: 08-02-17 Publisher: Start Publishing Notes Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Please Note: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary and Analysis of Rebecca Skloot's - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed "About the Author" section. Preview: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a creative non-fiction book that explores the source of HeLa, the most commonly used human cell line in the world. In order to bring its origin to light, Rebecca Skloot weaves together several narrative threads. One is primarily focused on Henrietta Lacks, the woman who, without her knowledge, became central to 20th century biomedical research. Another is the birth of modern biomedical research itself, and its roots in the American eugenics movement. Finally, there is the impact of this research, both of the Lacks Family and on society at large. Skloot divides the book into 3 parts: Life, Death, and Immortality, which intertwines a complicated cast of characters and jumps between dramatized historical anecdotes, Skloot's first-person detective work, and a layman's explanations of complicated matters of modern cell biology and medical ethics.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: A Mind at Play Subtitle: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age Author: Rob Goodman, Jimmy Soni Narrator: Jonathan Yen Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins Language: English Release date: 07-18-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 191 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Claude Shannon was a tinkerer, a playful wunderkind, a groundbreaking polymath, and a digital pioneer whose insights made the Information Age possible. He constructed fire-breathing trumpets and customized unicycles, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots, but he also wrote the seminal text of the Digital Revolution. That work allowed scientists to measure and manipulate information as objectively as any physical object. His work gave mathematicians and engineers the tools to bring that world to pass. Now, Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman bring Claude Shannon's story to life. It's the story of a small-town boy from Michigan whose career stretched from the age of room-sized computers powered by gears and string to the age of the Apple desktop. It's the story of the origins of information in the tunnels of MIT and the "idea factory" of Bell Labs, in the "scientists' war" with Nazi Germany, and in the work of Shannon's collaborators and rivals. It's the story of Shannon's life as an often reclusive, always playful genius. With access to Shannon's family and friends, A Mind at Play explores the life and times of this singular innovator and creative genius. Critic Reviews: "Lucid and fascinating...Soni and Goodman open an engrossing window onto what a mind hard at work can do." ( Publishers Weekly)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: You Say to Brick Subtitle: The Life of Louis Kahn Author: Wendy Lesser Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Born to a Jewish family in Estonia in 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up in poverty in Philadelphia; by the time of his death in 1974, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest architects of his era. Yet this enormous reputation was based on only a handful of masterpieces, all built during the last 15 years of his life. Perfectly complementing Nathaniel Kahn's award-winning documentary, My Architect, Wendy Lesser's You Say to Brick is a major exploration of the architect's life and work. Kahn, perhaps more than any other 20th century American architect, was a "public" architect. Eschewing the usual corporate skyscrapers, hotels, and condominiums, he focused on medical and educational research facilities, government centers, museums, libraries, parks, religious buildings, and other structures that would serve the public good. Yet this warm, captivating person, beloved by students and admired by colleagues, was also a secretive and mysterious character hiding behind a series of masks. Critic Reviews: "A splendid biography that penetrates the inner lives of Kahn's buildings as well as the inner life of their creator." (Kirkus)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Biography Author: Michael Whitmore Narrator: Dean Eby Format: Unabridged Length: 33 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: Michael Whitmore Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. The center is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate in the department since 2003. Born and raised in New York City, Tyson became interested in astronomy at the age of nine after a visit to the Hayden Planetarium. After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, where he was editor-in-chief of the Physical Science Journal, he completed a bachelor's degree in physics at Harvard University in 1980. After receiving a master's degree in astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin in 1983, he earned his master's (1989) and doctorate (1991) in astrophysics at Columbia University. For the next three years, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. In 1994, he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. In 1996, he became director of the planetarium and oversaw its $210-million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000. From 1995 to 2005, Tyson wrote monthly essays in the "Universe" column for Natural History magazine, some of which were published in his book Death by Black Hole (2007). During the same period, he wrote a monthly column in Star Date magazine, answering questions about the universe under the pen name "Merlin." Material from the column appeared in his books Merlin's Tour of the Universe (1998) and Just Visiting This Planet (1998). Tyson served on a 2001 government commission on the future of the U.S. aerospace industry, and on the 2004 Moon, Mars and Beyond commission. He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal in the same year.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Chief Engineer Subtitle: Washington Roebling, the Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge Author: Erica Wagner Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 9 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: "I know that nothing can be done perfectly at the first trial; I also know that each day brings its little quota of experiences, which with honest intentions will lead to perfection after a while." (Washington Roebling) His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but after John Roebling's sudden death, Washington Roebling built what has become one of American's most iconic structures - as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet, as recognizable as the bridge is, its builder is too often forgotten - and his life is of interest far beyond his chosen field. It is the story of immigrants, of the frontier, of the greatest crisis in American history, and of the making of the modern world. Forty years after the publication of The Great Bridge, David McCullough's classic chronicle of how the East River was spanned, Erica Wagner has written a fascinating biography of one of America's most distinguished engineers, a man whose long life was a model of courage in the face of extraordinary adversity. Chief Engineer is enriched by Roebling's own eloquent voice, unveiled in his recently discovered memoir that was previously thought lost to history.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Miracle at Coney Island Subtitle: How a Sideshow Doctor Saved Thousands of Babies and Transformed American Medicine Author: Claire Prentice Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 06-22-17 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: How did thousands of premature infants come to be exhibited at America's most popular amusement park? In Miracle at Coney Island: How a Sideshow Doctor Saved Thousands of Babies and Transformed American Medicine, Claire Prentice uncovers the incredible true story of Martin Couney, the "incubator doctor." Couney ran his incubator facility for premature babies at Coney Island from 1903 to 1943 and set up similar exhibits at World's Fairs and amusement parks across America, and in London, Paris, Mexico and Brazil. Couney's techniques were advanced for the time and his facility was expensive to run. But he didn't charge the parents of the preemies a penny; instead the public paid to see them. He claimed to have a survival rate of 85 percent. By contrast, most mainstream doctors in the early part of the 20th century regarded premature babies as "weaklings" and did little or nothing to save them. Prentice's meticulous research unravels the mystery of Couney's origins, and reveals that the "incubator doctor" was not all that he seemed. She brings one of the most extraordinary stories in American medicine to life through interviews with Couney's former "incubator babies."

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Open Heart Subtitle: A Cardiac Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table Author: Stephen Westaby Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 06-20-17 Publisher: Hachette Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 27 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: One of the world's leading heart surgeons shares the hard-won lessons of a life lived where failure and death are just a heartbeat away. When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during an open heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment was a crucial survival strategy. In a profession where failure is literally a heartbeat away and the cost of that failure is death, how else could he live with the consequences of his performance? In Open Heart, Westaby reflects on over 11,000 surgeries, showing us why the procedures have never become routine and will never be. With astonishing compassion and candor, Dr. Westaby recounts the fraught and alarming stories from his operating room: We meet a pulseless man who lives with an electric heart pump, an expecting mother who refuses surgery unless the doctors let her pregnancy reach full term, and a baby who gets a transplanted heart - only to die once it's in place. Open Heart offers unforgettable insight into how to push back death until nothing is left to do but to accept it. Critic Reviews: "Westaby is everything you would hope from a maverick surgical genius: authoritative, engaged, passionate and opinionated. His book, annoyingly well written for someone who has penned only medical papers and handbooks, reads like a thriller, except with rather more corpses." [The Times (UK)] "A cracking example of a thriving sub-genre of autobiography, the medical memoir. Anyone who enjoyed the 2014 bestseller Do No Harm by the brain surgeon Henry Marsh, a friend of Westaby's, will relish [this book], too.... Each story is gripping, written in a vivid, almost brutal way that matches the blood and gore of cardiac surgery." (Financial Times ) "The stakes could not be higher in this bloody, muscular and adrenaline-charged memoir from a pioneering heart surgeon...at points it made my own heart race dangerously." (Sunday Times)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Healing Children Subtitle: A Surgeon's Stories from the Frontiers of Pediatric Medicine Author: Kurt Newman Narrator: Kurt Newman Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 06-13-17 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 14 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: A groundbreaking medical memoir by one of our nation's leading pediatric surgeons - the visionary head of Children's National. Anyone who has seen a child recover from a wound or a broken bone knows that kids are made to heal. Their bodies are more resilient, more adaptive, and far more able to withstand acute stress than adults'. In this inspiring memoir, Dr. Kurt Newman draws from his long experience as a pediatric surgeon working at one of our nation's top children's hospitals to make the case that children are more than miniature adults. Through the story of his own career and the stories of the brave kids he has treated over the years - and their equally brave and tenacious parents - he reveals the revolution that is taking place in pediatric medicine. When he decided to become a pediatric surgeon, the field was in its infancy, struggling for esteem. Now, nearly 40 years later, it is at the forefront of exhilarating new discoveries in everything from cancer research to mental health care. But few parents know how to access the best care for their children. Far too many find themselves frustrated and afraid. Dr. Newman wrote this book to help guide parents - not just of sick kids but of all kids - and to share his knowledge of what children need to thrive. A deeply human story with a spectacular cast of young heroes and heroines, Healing Children will convince you that we still have a lot to learn from our kids. Critic Reviews: "If you did nothing but read the astounding, miraculous and occasionally crushing stories that Dr. Newman so vividly relates about daily life in a pediatric hospital you would be enthralled by Healing Children. But there is a bigger truth to this book, a more compelling reason to read it. And that is to acknowledge not only the courage of young patients and pediatric physicians alike, but to be brought fact to face with the many ways that we don't prioritize children's health...Healing Children is an amazing look at the tenacity and courage of kids and doctors under difficult circumstances." (Madeline Levine, PhD, author of The Price of Privilege)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Chasing Space Subtitle: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances Author: Leland Melvin Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 43 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: In this moving, inspirational memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance, and grace that align to create the opportunities for success. Leland Melvin is the only person in human history to catch a pass in the National Football League and in space. Though his path from the gridiron to the heavens was riddled with setbacks and injury, Leland persevered to reach the stars. While training with NASA, Melvin suffered a severe injury that left him deaf. Leland was relegated to earthbound assignments but chose to remain and support his astronaut family. His loyalty paid off. Recovering partial hearing, he earned his eligibility for space travel. He served as mission specialist for two flights aboard the shuttle Atlantis, working on the International Space Station. In this inspirational memoir, the former NASA astronaut and professional athlete offers an examination of the intersecting role of community, perseverance, and grace that align to shape our opportunities and outcomes. Chasing Space is not the story of one man but the story of many men, women, scientists, and mentors who helped him defy the odds and live out an uncommon destiny. As a chemist, athlete, engineer, and space traveler, Leland's life story is a study in the science of achievement. His personal insights illuminate how grit and grace are the keys to overcoming adversity and rising to success.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Carrying the Fire Subtitle: An Astronaut's Journeys Author: Michael Collins, Charles A. Lindbergh - foreword Narrator: David Colacci Format: Unabridged Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 04-30-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 76 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: In Carrying the Fire, Michael Collins conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty, and humor of the adventure of reaching the moon. He also traces his development from his first flight experiences in the air force, through his days as a test pilot, to his Apollo 11 spacewalk, presenting an evocative description of the joys of flight as well as a new perspective on time, light, and movement from someone who has seen the fragile Earth from the other side of the moon. Critic Reviews: "Collins tells what his space journeys meant to him as a human being [and] discusses the role of man amid the multitudinous mechanical marvels.... Profoundly affecting." ( The New Yorker)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hood Subtitle: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age Author: Luke Timmerman, David Baltimore Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 04-25-17 Publisher: Pear Press Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Lee Hood did that rarest of things. He enabled scientists to see things they couldn't see before and do things they hadn't dreamed of doing. Scientists can now sequence complete human genomes in a day, setting in motion a revolution that is personalizing medicine. Hood, a son of the American West, was an unlikely candidate to transform biology. But with ferocious drive, he led a team at Caltech that developed the automated DNA sequencer, the tool that paved the way for the Human Genome Project. He captivated scientists with his almost religious fervor for the new biology enabled by the machines. Hood's brilliance, rebellion, enthusiasm, and ego earned him detractors as well as admirers. His management style, once described as "creative anarchy", alienated many. Some of his collaborators seethed, claiming he took too much credit. Fellow Caltech biologists charged that his empire building was out of control and ousted him as their chairman. A fraud in his lab made him consider, for a moment, quitting science. Wooed by money from Bill Gates, Hood started over at the University of Washington, creating the world's first Department of Molecular Biotechnology. Seven years later, his impatience for rules drove him to depart. He left at age 61 to start his own Institute for Systems Biology. Would he finally achieve the ultimate application of the genome project - personalized medicine? In Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age, journalist Luke Timmerman zeroes in on a charismatic, controversial personality. Never-before-reported details are drawn from the scientist's confidential files, public records, and more than 150 interviews with Hood and his family, friends, collaborators, and detractors. The result is not just a revealing portrait of one of the most influential biologists of our time but a deeply human look at science itself. Critic Reviews: "A must-read popular science book." (David Shaywitz, Forbes)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Microbe Hunters Subtitle: The Classic Book on the Major Discoveries of the Microscopic World Author: Paul de Kruif Narrator: Michael Quinlan Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 04-19-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 13 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: This science classic by Paul de Kruif chronicles the pioneering bacteriological work of the first scientists to see and learn from the microscopic world. Paul de Kruif's Microbe Hunters is a timeless dramatization of the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who discovered microbes and invented the vaccines to counter them. De Kruif reveals the now seemingly simple but really fundamental discoveries of science - for instance, how a microbe was first viewed in a clear drop of rain water, and when, for the first time ever, Louis Pasteur discovered that a simple vaccine could save a man from the ravages of rabies by attacking the microbes that cause it.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Tesla Subtitle: Born in Light Author: J. Michael Long Narrator: J. Michael Long Format: Original Recording Length: 59 mins Language: English Release date: 04-13-17 Publisher: Reality Entertainment Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Nikola Tesla was a true visionary, far ahead of his contemporaries in the field of scientific and technological development. His inventions and creations have literally transformed the world we live in today, as they possessed technology that was far in advance of his time. Quantum physicists are just now catching up with Tesla. His conceptions of wireless telecommunications, lasers, x-rays, radio wave broadcasting, a/c poly phase current, free energy, and weather manipulation stagger the mind. But a great crime was perpetrated upon the world when Tesla died alone on January 7, 1943 at the age of 86, making it possible for the FBI to seize his papers and belongings which have never been seen again. Among his missing possessions, there are possibly hundreds of far-reaching creations that would have made the world the utopia of freedom that Tesla sought. This remarkable man was ultimately prevented from pursuing his greatest inventions by a ruling elite afraid that he would derail their systems of mass control, systems that our current political and corporate masters will not relinquish easily. Perhaps one day, Tesla's greatest inventions will be rediscovered, and our planet will benefit once again from his genius.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Hidden Figures: Katherine Johnson Subtitle: One of the Black Woman Mathematicians Who Worked with NASA on the Space Race Author: World Watch Media Narrator: Kimberly Hughey Format: Unabridged Length: 37 mins Language: English Release date: 03-06-17 Publisher: World Watch Media Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson is one of the most important pioneers from the American space movement. She is a physicist and a research mathematician who has calculated orbits and trajectories for historic space missions. This includes the first flight to walk on the moon. In addition, she has assisted in developing navigation systems to guide astronauts through space. Without perseverance, her career may have never left the ground. A combination of her own determination to pursue her dreams and her father's push to keep his children in school helped her to overcome gender and race discrimination, leading to an exceptional life filled with professional acclamations and personal fulfillment. Katherine Coleman was born as the youngest child of four in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on August 26, 1918. Her father, Joshua, was a farmer who was employed as a janitor for extra work. Her mother, Joylette, worked as a teacher in the local community. As a young child, Katherine demonstrated early signs of being a math prodigy, counting everything from the number of steps between home and church, to the number of dishes that she had to wash. She believes that her affinity for numbers was passed down from her father, who used to divide trees by the pieces of lumber that could be sourced. One of Katherine's favorite childhood stories talks about how her father had a knack of solving arithmetic problems that stumped many of her teachers.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Pope of Physics Subtitle: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age Author: Gino Segre, Bettina Hoerlin Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 02-14-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 135 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: 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, such as the threat of nuclear annihilation and the relationship of science to politics. Fleeing Fascism and anti-Semitism, Fermi became a leading figure in America's most secret project: building the atomic bomb. The last physicist who mastered all branches of the discipline, Fermi was a rare mixture of theorist and experimentalist. His rich legacy encompasses key advances in fields as diverse as cosmic rays, nuclear technology, and early computers. In their revealing book, The Pope of Physics, Gino Segrè and Bettina Hoerlin bring this scientific visionary to life. An examination of the human dramas that touched Fermi's life as well as a thrilling history of scientific innovation in the 20th century, this is the comprehensive biography that Fermi deserves. Critic Reviews: "Segrè and Hoerlin draw an engaging portrait of a man with boundless curiosity who delighted in his work; fans of pop science and history will thoroughly enjoy this entertaining and accessible biography of a scientist who deserves to be better understood." (Publishers Weekly)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Finding Sanity Subtitle: John Cade, Lithium and the Taming of Bipolar Disorder Author: Greg de Moore, Ann Westmore Narrator: Paul English Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins Language: English Release date: 01-23-17 Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: For most of human history, mental illness has been largely untreatable. Sufferers lived their lives - if they survived - in and out of asylums, accumulating life's wreckage around them. In 1948, all that changed when an Australian doctor and recently returned prisoner of war, working alone in a disused kitchen, set about an experimental treatment for one of the scourges of mankind - manic depression, or bipolar disorder. That doctor was John Cade and in that small kitchen he stirred up a miracle. John Cade discovered a treatment that has become the gold standard for bipolar disorder - lithium. It has stopped more people from committing suicide than 1000 help lines. Lithium is the penicillin story of mental health - the first effective medication discovered for the treatment of a mental illness - and it is, without doubt, Australia's greatest mental health story.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Apollo Pilot Subtitle: The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele Author: Donn Eisele Narrator: Kevin Pierce Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 01-04-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 31 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: In October 1968 Donn Eisele flew with fellow astronauts Walt Cunningham and Wally Schirra into Earth orbit in Apollo 7. The first manned mission in the Apollo program and the first manned flight after a fire during a launch pad test killed three astronauts in early 1967, Apollo 7 helped restart NASA's manned-spaceflight program. Known to many as a goofy, lighthearted prankster, Eisele worked his way from the US Naval Academy to test pilot school and then into the select ranks of America's prestigious astronaut corps. He was originally on the crew of Apollo 1 before being replaced due to injury. After that crew died in a horrific fire, Eisele was on the crew selected to return Americans to space. Despite the success of Apollo 7, Eisele never flew in space again, as divorce and a testy crew commander led to the three astronauts being labeled as troublemakers. Unbeknownst to everyone, after his retirement as a technical assistant for manned spaceflight at NASA's Langley Research Center in 1972, Eisele wrote in detail about his years in the Air Force and his time in the Apollo program. Long after his death, Francis French discovered Eisele's unpublished memoir. Listeners can now experience an Apollo story they assumed would never be written as well as the story behind its discovery. Critic Reviews: "A posthumous memoir gives an unsung astronaut his due." ( Kirkus)

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex by Sigmund Freud Subtitle: The Complete Work Plus an Overview, Chapter by Chapter Summary and Author Biography! Author: Sigmund Freud, Israel Bouseman Narrator: Doug Eisengrein Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 01-02-17 Publisher: AudioLearn Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Sigmund Freud is known as the father of psychoanalysis and is perhaps the most significant figure in the history of psychology. He was the first to have recognized the influence of the unconscious and to have developed a theory of the structure of the mind that took it into account. Freud's ideas, including coping mechanisms, repression, denial, libido, and ego have become household terms, key elements of the modern understanding of the human experience. At the same time, we cannot explore Freud's perspective without encountering the biases, shortcomings, and historical limitations that each person of genius has worked to overcome. These limitations are clear and evident in Freud's perspective, including his extreme emphasis on sexuality as the cause of all psychological dysfunction and his perception of the feminine nature. Without his exploration and description of these elements of contemporary thought, however, a number of these perspectives would likely have persisted to this day. The works of Sigmund Freud are the foundation of modern psychology. They display a brilliance and insight into the mind which overshadows the understanding of many of those to follow. This insight is demonstrated beautifully in Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, one of the first serious psychological examinations of the role of sexuality in the human experience. The AudioLearn version of the text is preceded by a comprehensive summary, including an overview, synopsis, and analysis of the work. Also included are a brief biography of Sigmund Freud and an examination of his impact on history and society, as well as an exploration of the key criticisms that arose in response to his work. This version of Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex is ideal for those who wish to understand the workings of the mind and for any who would like to explore Freud's life and his revolutionary impact on the field of psychology.

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Undoing Project Subtitle: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds Author: Michael Lewis Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 12-06-16 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8014 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: Best-selling author Michael Lewis examines how a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred systematically when forced to make judgments about uncertain situations. Their work created the field of behavioral economics, revolutionized Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis' own work possible. Kahneman and Tversky are more responsible than anybody for the powerful trend to mistrust human intuition and defer to algorithms. The Undoing Project is about the fascinating collaboration between two men who have the dimensions of great literary figures. They became heroes in the university and on the battlefield - both had important careers in the Israeli military - and their research was deeply linked to their extraordinary life experiences. In the process they may well have changed for good mankind's view of its own mind. Editorial Reviews: Editors Select, December 2016 - My team knows that I have some very obvious "author crushes" - as in, whenever I hear that one of said authors is coming out with a new release, I jump on the opportunity to listen to their book as soon as possible. Michael Lewis is one of these people. He's known for his accessible and incredibly interesting "backstage pass looks" into the inner workings of a particular industry - in my current favorites, Flash Boys and Liars' Poker, it's the world of finance - and in The Undoing Project (which is gunning for a top spot on my Michael Lewis list) it's behavioral economics...partially. It's about a friendship that completely revolutionized what is known as "Big Data" and increased the use and reliability of algorithms. Dennis Boutsikaris, with his clear and knowing voice, does an incredible job of highlighting the conversational tone Michael Lewis is known for. Laura, Audible Editor

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/33/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Einstein's Greatest Mistake Subtitle: A Biography Author: David Bodanis Narrator: James Adams Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 10-18-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 20 votes Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Publisher's Summary: From the best-selling author of E=mc2, a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of the titan of modern physics. Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped to lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life, he was also ignored by most working scientists, his ideas opposed by even his closest friends. As renowned writer David Bodanis explains in Einstein's Greatest Mistake, this stunning downfall can be traced to Einstein's earliest successes and to personal qualities that were at first his best assets. Einstein's imagination and self-confidence served him well as he sought to reveal the universe's structure, but when it came to newer revelations in the field of quantum mechanics, these same traits undermined his quest for the ultimate truth. Bodanis traces the arc of Einstein's intellectual development across his professional and personal lives, showing how Einstein's conviction in his own powers of intuition proved to be both his greatest strength and his ultimate undoing. An intimate and enlightening biography of the celebrated physicist, Einstein's Greatest Mistake reveals how much we owe Einstein today - and how much more he might have achieved if not for his all-too-human flaws.