Audiobooks by Steven Weinberg

The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist explains what happened at the very beginning of the universe, and how we know, in this popular science classic. Our universe has been growing for nearly 14 billion years. But almost everything about it, from the elements that forged stars, planets, and lifeforms, to the fundamental forces of physics, can be traced back to what happened in just the first three minutes of its existence. In this book, Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg describes in wonderful detail what happened in these first three minutes. It is an exhilarating journey that begins with the Planck Epoch - the earliest period of time in the history of the universe - and goes through Einstein's Theory of Relativity, the Hubble Red Shift, and the detection of the Cosmic Microwave Background. These incredible discoveries all form the foundation for what we now understand as the "standard model" of the origin of the universe. The First Three Minutes examines not only what this model looks like, but also tells the exciting story of the bold thinkers who put it together. Clearly and accessibly written, The First Three Minutes is a modern-day classic, an unsurpassed explanation of where it is that everything really comes from.

Steven Weinberg (Author), Raymond Todd (Narrator)

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AstroNuts Mission Three: The Perfect Planet [Dramatized Adaptation]: AstroNuts 3

'This hilarious audiobook is the conclusion to a major series by children's literature legend Jon Scieszka. We follow their final mission, where AstroWolf, LaserShark, SmartHawk, and StinkBug must find a planet fit for human life after we've finally made Earth unlivable. Time is up for our friends the AstroNuts. In fact, time is up for you, too. If they don't succeed on this mission, Earth is doomed! So when the team finds out they're being sent to a place called ''the perfect planet,'' their mission sounds way too easy. Unfortunately, the second they land, they realize they'll be dealing with the most dangerous species of all time... humans. Huh? Where in the universe is this supposedly perfect place? And how will the Nuts manage to convince the humans to risk death... for the sake of their lives?! Eager and reluctant readers alike will be over the moon about this new mission! Performed by Nanette Savard, Danny Gavigan, Dawn Ursula, Tia Shearer, Chris Stinson, Terence Aselford, Richard Rohan, Rob McFadyen, Holly Adams, Robb Moreira, Ken Jackson, Alejandro Ruiz, Yasmin Tuazon, Bradley Foster Smith and Nora Achrati.'

Jon Scieszka, Steven Weinberg (Author), Chris Stinson, Danny Gavigan, Dawn Ursula, Holly Adams, Ken Jackson, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Rob Mcfadyen, Robb Moreira, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer (Narrator)

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AstroNuts Mission Two: The Water Planet [Dramatized Adaptation]: AstroNuts 2

Jon Scieszka, Steven Weinberg (Author), Andy Clemence, Chris Stinson, Danny Gavigan, Dawn Ursula, Ken Jackson, Marni Penning, Michael Glenn, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer (Narrator)

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AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet [Dramatized Adaptation]: AstroNuts 1

A laugh-out-loud tale packed with science, adventure, and a whole lot of fun for all ages! Humans have gone too far, wrecking planet Earth. We might need to find a new planet. But who could possibly help us do that? The AstroNuts! Lucky for us, back in the 1980s, NNASA (NotNASA) created four secret superpowered Animal Astronauts - AlphaWolf, SmartHawk, LaserShark, and StinkBug. They were built to be automatically launched into space to check out possible Goldilocks planets if things on Earth ever got too bad. Unlucky for us, things just got too bad. The AstroNuts' first destination, the Plant Planet, looks just right. It has oxygen, shelter, water, and no obvious intelligent life. But what if plant life has a mind of its own? And what if that mind has one very scary plan for our AstroNuts? A nonstop joyful listen for reluctant readers and fans ready to blast past Wimpy Kid. Performed by Nanette Savard, Danny Gavigan, Dawn Ursula, Tia Shearer, Chris Stinson, Terence Aselford, Richard Rohan, Colleen Delany, John Kielty, and Jenna Sharpe.

Jon Scieszka, Steven Weinberg (Author), Chris Stinson, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, Dawn Ursula, Jenna Sharpe, John Kielty, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Tia Shearer (Narrator)

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Third Thoughts

A wise, personal, and wide-ranging meditation on science and society by the Nobel Prize-winning author of To Explain the World.For more than four decades, one of the most captivating and celebrated science communicators of our time has challenged the public to think carefully about the foundations of nature and the inseparable entanglement of science and society. In Third Thoughts, Steven Weinberg casts a wide net: from the cosmological to the personal, from astronomy, quantum mechanics, and the history of science to the limitations of current knowledge, the art of discovery, and the rewards of getting things wrong.Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and author of the classic The First Three Minutes, Weinberg shares his views on some of the most fundamental and fascinating aspects of physics and the universe. But he does not seclude science behind disciplinary walls, or shy away from politics, taking on what he sees as the folly of manned spaceflight, the harms of inequality, and the importance of public goods. His point of view is rationalist, realist, reductionist, and devoutly secularist.Weinberg is that great rarity, a prize-winning physicist who is entertaining and accessible. The essays in Third Thoughts, some of which appear here for the first time, will engage, provoke, and inform-and never lose sight of the human dimension of scientific discovery and its consequences for our endless drive to probe the workings of the cosmos.

Steven Weinberg (Author), John Lescault (Narrator)

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To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science

Steven Weinberg (Author), Tom Perkins (Narrator)

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Dreams of a Final Theory

This is the story of a grand scientific quest: the quest for a unifying theory of nature. Writing with dazzling elegance and clarity, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg retraces the steps that have led modern scientists from relativity theory and quantum mechanics to the notion of superstrings and the idea that our universe may coexist with others. Along the way, he voices the questions that are always present: Why does each explanation of the way nature works point to other, deeper explanations? Why are the best theories not only logical but beautiful? And what implications will a final theory have for our philosophy and religious faith? Intellectually daring, rich in anecdote and aphorism, Dreams of a Final Theory launches us into a new cosmos and helps us make sense of what we find there.

Steven Weinberg (Author), Stuart Langton (Narrator)

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The First Three Minutes

Steven Weinberg (Author), Raymond Todd (Narrator)

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