Mathematics in Science & Nature & Nonfiction Audiobooks

Audiobook

Change Is the Only Constant

The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World

by Ben Orlin ...

Narrated by Will Collyer ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

From popular math blogger and author of the underground bestseller Math With Bad Drawings, Change Is The Only Constant is an engaging and eloquent exploration of the intersection between calculus and daily life, complete with Orlin's sly humor and wonderfully bad drawings.Change is the Only Constant is an engaging and eloquent exploration of the intersection between calculus and daily life, ... Read more

$18.99 USD

From popular math blogger and author of the underground bestseller Math With Bad Drawings, Change Is The Only Constant is an engaging and eloquent exploration of the intersection between calculus and daily life, complete with Orlin's sly humor and wonderfully bad drawings.Change is the Only Constant is an engaging and eloquent exploration of the intersection between calculus and daily life,
... Read more
Audiobook

The Signal and the Noise

Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't

by Nate Silver ...

Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

Unabridged

16 hours 21 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking exploration of probability and uncertainty that explains how to make better predictions in a world drowning in data, from the nation’s foremost political forecaster—updated with insights into the pandemic, journalism today, and pollingOne of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Works of Nonfiction of the Year“Could turn out to be one of the more ... Read more

$17.50 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking exploration of probability and uncertainty that explains how to make better predictions in a world drowning in data, from the nation’s foremost political forecaster—updated with insights into the pandemic, journalism today, and pollingOne of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Works of Nonfiction of the Year“Could turn out to be one of the more
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Audiobook

How the World Really Works

The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

by Vaclav Smil ...

Narrated by Stephen Perring ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington PostAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, ... Read more

$20.00 USD

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington PostAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not,
... Read more
Audiobook

Humble Pi

When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World

by Matt Parker ...

Narrated by Matt Parker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

**#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERAN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICKThe book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, “When am I ever going to use this in the real world?”“Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi is a charming and very readable guide to some of humanity's all-time greatest miscalculations—that also gives you permission to feel a little ... Read more

$20.00 USD

**#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERAN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICKThe book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, “When am I ever going to use this in the real world?”“Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi is a charming and very readable guide to some of humanity's all-time greatest miscalculations—that also gives you permission to feel a little
... Read more
Audiobook

How Not to Be Wrong

The Power of Mathematical Thinking

by Jordan Ellenberg ...

Narrated by Jordan Ellenberg ...

Unabridged

13 hours 29 min

The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life ... Read more

$17.50 USD

The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life
... Read more
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A Mind for Numbers

How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

by Barbara Oakley PhD ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand ... Read more

$17.50 USD

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand
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Audiobook

Our Mathematical Universe

My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

by Max Tegmark ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Unabridged

15 hours 22 min

Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and groundbreaking science, he not only helps us grasp his ... Read more

$25.00 USD

Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and groundbreaking science, he not only helps us grasp his
... Read more
Audiobook

When Einstein Walked with Gödel

Excursions to the Edge of Thought

by Jim Holt ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

15 hours 19 min

From Jim Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought,** an entertaining and accessible audiobook guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuriesDoes time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collec.. ... Read more

$32.99 USD

From Jim Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought,** an entertaining and accessible audiobook guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuriesDoes time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collec..
... Read more
Audiobook

A Beautiful Mind

The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash

by Sylvia Nasar ...

Narrated by Anna Fields ...

Unabridged

18 hours 12 min

This is the powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize. This book is the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly and directed by Ron Howard.“How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?” the visitor from Harvard ... Read more

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This is the powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize. This book is the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly and directed by Ron Howard.“How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?” the visitor from Harvard
... Read more
Audiobook

The Model Thinker

What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You

by Scott E. Page ...

Narrated by Jamie Renell ...

Unabridged

15 hours 45 min

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Work with data like a pro using this guide that breaks down how to organize, apply, and most importantly, understand what you are analyzing in order to become a true data ninja.From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows,
... Read more
Audiobook

The Art of Logic in an Illogical World

by Eugenia Cheng ...

Narrated by Moira Quirk ...

Unabridged

9 hours 22 min

How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth worldIn a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to readers drowning in the illogic of contemporary life. Cheng is a mathematician, so she knows how to make an airtight argument. But even for ... Read more

$27.99 USD

How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth worldIn a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to readers drowning in the illogic of contemporary life. Cheng is a mathematician, so she knows how to make an airtight argument. But even for
... Read more
Audiobook

Political Science. Classics Collection:

Sun Tzu-The Art of War, Plato-The Republic, Niccolo Machiavelli-The Prince, Lao Tzu-Tao Te Ching, Thomas More-Utopia, Thomas Paine-Common Sense, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels-The Communist Manifesto

by Marcus Aurelius, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Thomas Paine, Niccolo Machiavelli, Lao Tzu, Sun Tzu, Plato, John Stuart Mill, Vladimir lenin, Thomas More ...

Narrated by Kenneth Elliot, Alfred Costa, Peter Coates, John Brown, Douglass Scott, Jowanna Lewis, Richard Williams, Jamey Lewis, Andrew Roberts ...

Unabridged

36 hours 24 min

Why Political Science Classics Collection is so important? In today's world, providing quality training for the younger generation at colleges and universities is of primary importance. But higher education is not enough. Any graduate is first and foremost a citizen of his nation. He has the right to be an actor in the political life of his society. The political changes taking place today in the ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Why Political Science Classics Collection is so important? In today's world, providing quality training for the younger generation at colleges and universities is of primary importance. But higher education is not enough. Any graduate is first and foremost a citizen of his nation. He has the right to be an actor in the political life of his society. The political changes taking place today in the
... Read more
Audiobook

Formula Handbook of Linear Algebra, A

by N.B. Singh ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mary G ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Algebra
Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."A Formula Handbook of Linear Algebra" is a comprehensive yet accessible guide designed for absolute beginners with no prior mathematical background. This book serves as a gentle introduction to the fundamental concepts of linear algebra, providing clear explanations and practical examples to aid in understanding. From basic operations and concepts to ... Read more

$2.10 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."A Formula Handbook of Linear Algebra" is a comprehensive yet accessible guide designed for absolute beginners with no prior mathematical background. This book serves as a gentle introduction to the fundamental concepts of linear algebra, providing clear explanations and practical examples to aid in understanding. From basic operations and concepts to
... Read more
Audiobook

Simply Nietzsche

by Peter Kail ...

Narrated by Victoria Meakin ...

Series Audiobook 16 - Great Lives
Unabridged

4 hours 40 min

Born and raised in a small town in Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) began his career in philology (the study of language), and served as a professor at the University of Basel. In 1879, he was forced to leave due to health issues, which afflicted him throughout his life. Supported by his university pension and aided by friends, he spent the next decade as an independent author, ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Born and raised in a small town in Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) began his career in philology (the study of language), and served as a professor at the University of Basel. In 1879, he was forced to leave due to health issues, which afflicted him throughout his life. Supported by his university pension and aided by friends, he spent the next decade as an independent author,
... Read more
Audiobook

Beyond Good and Evil

by Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Nietzsche ...

Narrated by Cori Samuel ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 min

Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that ... Read more

$11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that
... Read more
Audiobook

The Art of More

How Mathematics Created Civilization

by Michael Brooks ...

Narrated by Nick Afka Thomas ...

Unabridged

9 hours 43 min

An illuminating, millennia-spanning history of the impact mathematics has had on the world, and the fascinating people who have mastered its inherent power, from Babylonian tax officials to the Apollo astronauts to the eccentric professor who invented the infrastructure of the online worldCounting is not innate to our nature, and without education humans can rarely count past three—beyond that, it ... Read more

$20.00 USD

An illuminating, millennia-spanning history of the impact mathematics has had on the world, and the fascinating people who have mastered its inherent power, from Babylonian tax officials to the Apollo astronauts to the eccentric professor who invented the infrastructure of the online worldCounting is not innate to our nature, and without education humans can rarely count past three—beyond that, it
... Read more
Audiobook

Follow My Lead

by Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand, Kim Mitzo Thompson ...

Narrated by Kim Mitzo Thompson ...

Unabridged

4 min

Upbeat, fun music will help kids learn subtraction facts for 18. ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Upbeat, fun music will help kids learn subtraction facts for 18.
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Audiobook

Historias de Nuestra Historia

Temporada 2012

by Felipe Pigna, Felipe Pigna ...

Narrated by Felipe Pigna, Roberto Martínez ...

Unabridged

21 hours 32 min

Historias de nuestra historia. Felipe Pigna. La historia de nuestra historia, en tiempo presente, pensada desde ahora e interpelando las verdades de manual. ... Read more

$1.99 USD

Historias de nuestra historia. Felipe Pigna. La historia de nuestra historia, en tiempo presente, pensada desde ahora e interpelando las verdades de manual.
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Audiobook

We're Learning The 3's And 4's

by Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand, Kim Mitzo Thompson ...

Narrated by Aaron M. Cabrera ...

Unabridged

6 min

Upbeat, fun music will help kids learn multiplication facts for 3 and 4. ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Upbeat, fun music will help kids learn multiplication facts for 3 and 4.
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Audiobook

The Paperboy Chronicles

by James Nicholas Agals ...

Narrated by AI Voice Michael Goldman ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In 1960, Eddie, a paperboy from Queens, NY, stumbles upon a ritualistic setup in the garage of one of his customers while making collections. He finds a cage designed to carry animals and is determined to find out if the garage and cage have anything to do with the disappearance of his friend, a street dog named Sampson.Eddie, a thirteen-year-old boy from ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In 1960, Eddie, a paperboy from Queens, NY, stumbles upon a ritualistic setup in the garage of one of his customers while making collections. He finds a cage designed to carry animals and is determined to find out if the garage and cage have anything to do with the disappearance of his friend, a street dog named Sampson.Eddie, a thirteen-year-old boy from
... Read more
Audiobook

Komm mit in die bunte Welt der sprechenden Zahlen

Ein Lernhörbuch mit Leo, Mia und dem Einhornkindergarten

by Ilka Buescher ...

Narrated by Stefan Rank der Erzähler (AI) ...

Unabridged

1 hour 43 min

Macht Mathe magisch: Ein zauberhaftes Lernabenteuer für kleine Entdecker!Hast du Lust auf eine Reise in einen Wald, in dem Zahlen sprechen, lachen und spielen können? Dann schnapp dir deine Freunde Leo und Mia und komm mit in die bunte Welt der sprechenden Zahlen!Was dich erwartet: In diesem fantasievollen Lernhörbuch entdecken Leo und Mia einen geheimnisvollen Zauberwald. Dort wohnen nicht nur ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Macht Mathe magisch: Ein zauberhaftes Lernabenteuer für kleine Entdecker!Hast du Lust auf eine Reise in einen Wald, in dem Zahlen sprechen, lachen und spielen können? Dann schnapp dir deine Freunde Leo und Mia und komm mit in die bunte Welt der sprechenden Zahlen!Was dich erwartet: In diesem fantasievollen Lernhörbuch entdecken Leo und Mia einen geheimnisvollen Zauberwald. Dort wohnen nicht nur
... Read more
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亂數中的秩序，機率學在日常中的角力：密碼破譯×抽籤順序×投擲骰子×布朗運動，從賭桌到實驗室，數學如何定義命運？

by 張遠南 ...

Unabridged

42 min

偶發事件、摸彩賭博、魔術求π……從賽馬到科學，數學如何解釋世界的「偶然」？在不確定中找尋確定，學會用數學思維解碼生活中的不可預測！▎探索機率的奧祕　　本書作者透過一系列精彩絕倫的故事，引導讀者深入理解機率學這門數學分支的核心精神。每個章節都是一個獨立的敘事，展示了機率如何在我們的日常生活中扮演著不可或缺的角色，從而在似乎隨機的事件中發掘出必然的規律。從威廉．向克斯對π值的計算到布豐的投針試驗，這些故事不僅具有趣味，更啟發思考，使機率學的概念變得生動而具體。▎機率與日常生活：從理論到實踐　　作者書中不僅談論理論，更與日常生活緊密相連。例如，在〈一場關於投擲骰子的爭論〉中，透過一個簡單的遊戲，展示了機率如何解釋日常生活中的不確定性和偶然事件。而在〈求π的「魔法」〉一章，則透過數學實驗向讀者展示了數學與實踐的完美結合。這些章節透過具體例子，使讀者理解到機率不僅是抽象數學的一部分 ... Read more

$3.99 USD

偶發事件、摸彩賭博、魔術求π……從賽馬到科學，數學如何解釋世界的「偶然」？在不確定中找尋確定，學會用數學思維解碼生活中的不可預測！▎探索機率的奧祕　　本書作者透過一系列精彩絕倫的故事，引導讀者深入理解機率學這門數學分支的核心精神。每個章節都是一個獨立的敘事，展示了機率如何在我們的日常生活中扮演著不可或缺的角色，從而在似乎隨機的事件中發掘出必然的規律。從威廉．向克斯對π值的計算到布豐的投針試驗，這些故事不僅具有趣味，更啟發思考，使機率學的概念變得生動而具體。▎機率與日常生活：從理論到實踐　　作者書中不僅談論理論，更與日常生活緊密相連。例如，在〈一場關於投擲骰子的爭論〉中，透過一個簡單的遊戲，展示了機率如何解釋日常生活中的不確定性和偶然事件。而在〈求π的「魔法」〉一章，則透過數學實驗向讀者展示了數學與實踐的完美結合。這些章節透過具體例子，使讀者理解到機率不僅是抽象數學的一部分
... Read more
Audiobook

Crick, Watson y el ADN en 90 minutos

by Paul Strathern, Paul Strathern ...

Narrated by Marco Lubián ...

Series Audiobook 16 - 90 minutos
Unabridged

1 hour 35 min

Con el descubrimiento del ADN –el elemento básico de la vida– Crick y Watson influyeron en el desarrollo de la humanidad no solo en el ámbito científico, con la clonación y la investigación médica, sino también en nuestra vida diaria con la manipulación genética de los alimentos o la medicina forense. El descubrimiento del ADN también ha provocado serios dilemas éticos. ¿Pero qué es realmente el ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Con el descubrimiento del ADN –el elemento básico de la vida– Crick y Watson influyeron en el desarrollo de la humanidad no solo en el ámbito científico, con la clonación y la investigación médica, sino también en nuestra vida diaria con la manipulación genética de los alimentos o la medicina forense. El descubrimiento del ADN también ha provocado serios dilemas éticos. ¿Pero qué es realmente el
... Read more
Audiobook

Philosophie als Kulturkritik

Originalvorträge

by Max Horkheimer ...

Narrated by Max Horkheimer ...

Series series O-Ton-Wissenschaft
Unabridged

2 hours 50 min

Max Horkheimer, geboren 14. Februar 1895 in Zuffenhausen bei Stuttgart, gestorben 7. Juli 1973 in Nürnberg; war Sozialphilosoph und Mitbegründer des Instituts für Sozialforschung. Horkheimer gilt gemeinsam mit Adorno als Hauptvertreter der Frankfurter Schule und der Kritischen Theorie. Seine Arbeiten beschäftigen sich größtenteils mit der Kritik der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft. Der von ihm ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Max Horkheimer, geboren 14. Februar 1895 in Zuffenhausen bei Stuttgart, gestorben 7. Juli 1973 in Nürnberg; war Sozialphilosoph und Mitbegründer des Instituts für Sozialforschung. Horkheimer gilt gemeinsam mit Adorno als Hauptvertreter der Frankfurter Schule und der Kritischen Theorie. Seine Arbeiten beschäftigen sich größtenteils mit der Kritik der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft. Der von ihm
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