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The Moral Landscape
- By: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance658
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Sam Harris has discovered that most people, from secular scientists to religious fundamentalists, agree on one point: science has nothing to say on the subject of human values. Indeed, science’s failure to address questions of meaning and morality has become the primary justification for religious faith.The underlying claim is that while science is the best authority on the workings of the physical universe, religion is the best authority on meaning, values, morality, and leading a good life.
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Thought provoking, perhaps a little antagonistic
- By shufflingB on 28-05-11
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The Moral Landscape
- Narrated by: Sam Harris
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 08-04-11
- Language: English
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Beyond Measure
- By: James Vincent
- Narrated by: James Vincent
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance71
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Story71
We measure rainfall and radiation, the depths of space and the emptiness of atoms, calories and steps, happiness and fear. If we could not measure then we could not observe the world around us; we could not experiment, learn, and co-operate. But why did this urge to measure flourish? And when did measurement become ubiquitous? It is an incredible story that spans hunter-gatherer societies to ancient Egyptians, the French Revolution to the relentless quantification of the 21st-century self. It is a tale that tracks humanity's search for dependable truths in a chaotic universe.
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A look at how measurements evolved
- By J. Drew on 14-04-23
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Beyond Measure
- Narrated by: James Vincent
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 31-05-22
- Language: English
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The Meaning of it All
- Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
- By: Richard P. Feynman
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall249
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Performance197
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In this collection of lectures that Richard Feynman originally gave in 1963, unpublished during his lifetime, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist discusses several of the ultimate questions of science. What is the nature of the tension between science and religious faith? Why does uncertainty play such a crucial role in the scientific imagination? Is this really a scientific age?
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Inspired, but demanding
- By Marc on 14-11-11
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The Meaning of it All
- Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 18-07-07
- Language: English
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The Matter of Everything
- Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World
- By: Suzie Sheehy
- Narrated by: Suzie Sheehy
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance42
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Bloomsbury presents The Matter of Everything written and read by Suzie Sheehy. The astonishing story of twentieth-century physics, told through the twelve experiments that changed our world A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: NEW SCIENTIST * WATERSTONES * SUNDAY TIMES 'A splendid idea, vividly carried...
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An interesting book
- By Mikey on 01-06-22
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The Matter of Everything
- Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World
- Narrated by: Suzie Sheehy
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 28-04-22
- Language: English
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Unweaving the Rainbow
- Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
- By: Richard Dawkins
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance91
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Brought to you by Penguin. A dazzling, passionate polemic against anti-science movements of all kinds Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours. In this illuminating and provocative book, Richard Dawkins argues that Keats could not have...
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:)
- By Anonymous on 27-11-21
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Unweaving the Rainbow
- Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 22-04-21
- Language: English
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Into the Unknown
- The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos
- By: Kelsey Johnson
- Narrated by: Kelsey Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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A leading astronomer and gifted teacher takes readers on a wondrous tour of how science confronts the big questions—about the universe’s origins, destiny, and fundamental nature—and how it contends with the limits of our knowledge Humans have learned a lot about the world around us and the...
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Absolutely brilliant and highly insightful
- By Mr.M on 09-12-24
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Into the Unknown
- The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos
- Narrated by: Kelsey Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 15-10-24
- Language: English
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What Is Intelligence?
- Lessons from AI About Evolution, Computing, and Minds (Antikythera)
- By: Blaise Aguera y Arcas
- Narrated by: Blaise Aguera y Arcas
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Combining technical rigor and deep up-to-the-minute knowledge about AI development, the natural sciences (especially neuroscience), and philosophical literacy, "What Is Intelligence?" argues—quite against the grain—that certain modern AI systems do indeed have a claim to intelligence, consciousness, and free will.
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A reader this bad could only be the author
- By maria on 10-06-26
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What Is Intelligence?
- Lessons from AI About Evolution, Computing, and Minds (Antikythera)
- Narrated by: Blaise Aguera y Arcas
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-12-25
- Language: English
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The Elements of Marie Curie
- How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
- By: Dava Sobel
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory. ‘A fresh and feminist study of the pioneering Nobel laureate reveals her impact...
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Fascinating
- By sjmax on 03-06-26
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The Elements of Marie Curie
- How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
- Narrated by: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 17-10-24
- Language: English
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Turing's Cathedral
- The Origins of the Digital Universe
- By: George Dyson
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance34
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Story35
“It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence,” twenty-four-year-old Alan Turing announced in 1936. In Turing’s Cathedral, George Dyson focuses on a small group of men and women, led by John von Neumann at the Institute for Advanced Study...
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Covers a lot more than Turing
- By Mr on 04-05-17
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Turing's Cathedral
- The Origins of the Digital Universe
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 06-03-12
- Language: English
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Lucy
- The Beginnings of Humankind
- By: Donald C. Johanson, Maitland Edey
- Narrated by: Donald C. Johanson
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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When Donald Johanson found a partial skeleton, approximately 3.5 million years old, in a remote region of Ethiopia in 1974, a headline-making controversy was launched that continues today. Bursting with all the suspense and intrigue of a fast-paced adventure novel, here is Johanson’s lively account of the extraordinary discovery of “Lucy.” By expounding the controversial change Lucy makes in our view of human origins, Johanson provides a vivid, behind-the-scenes account of the history of paleoanthropology and the colorful, eccentric characters who were, and are, a part of it.
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Umpteen wow moments.
- By Mul on 16-03-25
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Lucy
- The Beginnings of Humankind
- Narrated by: Donald C. Johanson
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 19-11-19
- Language: English
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Quirkology
- The Curious Science of Everyday Lives
- By: Richard Wiseman
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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'Quirkology is stuffed with the kind of offbeat insight that people find irresistible' – The Times Ever wondered why bad musicians always win the Eurovision Song Contest, or how incompetent politicians get elected? You need some Quirkology in your life. While other scientists beaver away on...
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Quirkology
- The Curious Science of Everyday Lives
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 17-07-25
- Language: English
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I Think You’ll Find It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That
- By: Ben Goldacre
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
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Overall377
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Performance345
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The very best journalism from one of Britain’s most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science. In Bad Pharma, he put the $600...
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Interesting articles but thats about it
- By J on 18-02-15
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I Think You’ll Find It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 23-10-14
- Language: English
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Numbers Don't Lie
- 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
- By: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall131
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Performance106
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Brought to you by Penguin. Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet...
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More vaccine propaganda
- By Anonymous on 11-08-21
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Numbers Don't Lie
- 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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Air-Borne
- The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
- By: Carl Zimmer
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
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"An extraordinary history of the perils and promise of every breath we take" James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of Breath "Another brilliant work from one of the very best science writers, Air-Borne will leave you agog at the incredible world that floats unseen around us" Ed Yong...
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Air-Borne
- The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
- Narrated by: Joe Ochman
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 27-02-25
- Language: English
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I Told You So!
- Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right
- By: Matt Kaplan
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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An energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted—from Darwin to Pasteur to modern day Nobel Prize winners. “[Narrator] Sean Pratt’s performance is brilliant. His pacing is measured, so the scientific...
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Excellent Story Telling and Eye Opening
- By paparelli on 27-03-26
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I Told You So!
- Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 24-02-26
- Language: English
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The Invention of Science
- A New History of the Scientific Revolution
- By: David Wootton
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 22 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance24
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We live in a world transformed by scientific discovery. Yet today science and its practitioners have come under political attack. In this fascinating history spanning continents and centuries, historian David Wootton offers a lively defense of science, revealing why the Scientific Revolution was truly the greatest event in our history. The Invention of Science goes back 500 years in time to chronicle this crucial transformation, exploring the factors that led to its birth and the people who made it happen.
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Marvellous
- By Joye C. on 10-12-21
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The Invention of Science
- A New History of the Scientific Revolution
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 22 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 19-04-16
- Language: English
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Humanly Possible
- The great humanist experiment in living
- By: Sarah Bakewell
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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Overall27
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Performance26
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Humanly Possible is a wide-ranging, personal, thought-provoking and entertaining journey through the battle of ideas over some 700 years of history—mostly, but not exclusively, in Europe. Through a mixture of biography and philosophy, Bakewell seeks to understand what humanism is, why it has continued to flourish despite opposition from fanatics, mystics, tyrants and cultural pessimists of all kinds, and exactly why we should value and defend it in the 21st century.
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Amazing
- By Amazon Customer on 29-12-23
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Humanly Possible
- The great humanist experiment in living
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 30-03-23
- Language: English
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The Medicine Book
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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How are illnesses diagnosed? When did the first successful organ transplant take place? Why are some pandemics so deadly? This audiobook explores big questions like these, explaining the breakthroughs and discoveries that have shaped our modern-day understanding of medicine and helped us protect and promote our health. The Medicine Book cuts through the jargon and is packed with pithy explanations of the most important milestones in medical history to untangle knotty concepts.
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The Medicine Book
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-03-21
- Language: English
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The Quantum Rules
- How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life
- By: Kunal K. Das
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance25
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The Quantum Rules applies the laws of physics to explain everything from relationships and human nature to the effects of globalization. It achieves the impossible task of making quantum physics deeply relevant to all listeners - even those with no interest in science. With a lively and engaging tone, author Kunal Das ponders the underlying truths and patterns in our shared and common life experiences, using insights derived from the fundamental laws of physics.
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Insightful
- By amazoncustomer on 23-09-22
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The Quantum Rules
- How the Laws of Physics Explain Love, Success, and Everyday Life
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 14-07-15
- Language: English
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Playing with Reality
- How Games Shape Our World
- By: Kelly Clancy
- Narrated by: Patty Nieman
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance6
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PLAYING WITH REALITY explores the riveting history of games since the Enlightenment, weaving an unexpected path through military theory, biology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and the future of democracy. As neuroscientist and physicist Kelly Clancy shows us, games have been deeply intertwined with the arc of history. War games shaped the outcomes of real wars in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe. Game theory warped our understanding of human behavior and brought us to the brink of annihilation.
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Brilliant sweep of the history of games
- By Amazon Customer on 16-09-24
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Playing with Reality
- How Games Shape Our World
- Narrated by: Patty Nieman
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 18-06-24
- Language: English
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