Science & Technology Audiobooks

What in the World are CT Scans? Audiobook

The misconceptions and general lack of knowledge surrounding CT scans are astounding considering how often they are used on a daily basis by medical professionals when working to diagnose countless diseases and other issues in their patients. What in the World are CT Scans? seeks to inform its readers of the basics of the CT scan as well as how its use in the medical field has progressed and how it contributes to modern diagnoses. As shown in the table of contents, topics covered will range from its origins and inventors to potential future developments. In between, such topics as its mechanical components and how they produce scans as well as how these scans are used by medical professionals will also be explored. As it is important for readers to understand the CT scan in a modern context, misconceptions and the reality behind the public's fear of CT scans will also be examined. What in the World are CT Scans? is an in-depth exploration that strives to educate the general reader on the history, mechanics, and potential dangers of the CT scan.

Aamna Idrees, Alexande Rmartin, Anushka Hasija, Austin Mardon, Dr. Austin Mardon, Hafsa Idrees, Hannah Nie, Hannah Schepian, Isra Ziad, Maggie Wang, Tenzin Yehshopa, Viveka Pimenta (Author), Levon Vokins (Narrator)

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What in the World are Cosmic Rays?

What in the World is Cosmic Rays gives the reader a comprehensive understanding of the ins and outs of cosmic rays. This book discusses topics from the discovery of cosmic rays, to the effects on our world. There has been an extensive amount of research about the history, present, and future of cosmic rays are to create this full scope book. It also explores opposing viewpoints as well as its presence in technology. While covering all of the scientific details about cosmic rays, this book presents it in a way that any reader would be able to understand.

Austin Mardon, Benjamin Turner, Christina Nguyen, Dr. Austin Mardon, Hafsah Clare, Jessie Wang, Keshikaa Suthaaharan, Pedro Proano, Rodala Aranya, Sabryn Jones, Suhel Sadik Patel (Author), Evan Delainey (Narrator)

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What in the World are Circadian Rythms?

For as long as the earth's inhabitants have thrived under the sun, its creatures have found a daily rhythm in the world's spin. When the sun rises, plants and animals alike know it's time to begin their day, and when the sun sets, their systems tell them to sleep. Although there are certainly exceptions and variations to this rule, generally, the world is awake in the light hours of the day and asleep at night. What in the World are Circadian Rhythms? seeks to examine this natural rhythm which guides our daily lives. As shown in the table of contents, topics covered will range from the studies and observations of scientists and societies throughout history that have contributed to the discovery of circadian rhythms to the current and future studies that hope to find solutions to the questions that still remain unanswered. Other chapters will explore the general public's knowledge and curiosity regarding circadian rhythms, the impact that these rhythms have on our modern lives and the lives of the animals and plants around us, and how they change as we age. What in the World are Circadian Rhythms? is an in-depth exploration that strives to educate the general reader on the scientific origins and modern day impact of circadian rhythms.

Aamna Idrees, Alexander Martin, Anushka Hasija, Dr. Austin Mardon, Hafsa Idrees, Hannah Nie, Hannah Schepian, Isra Ziad, Maggie Wang, Tenzin Yehshopa, Viveka Pimenta (Author), Carla Lenfesty (Narrator)

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What If We Stopped Pretending?

The climate change is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it. ‘Today, the scientific evidence verges on irrefutable. If you’re younger than sixty, you have a good chance of witnessing the radical destabilization of life on earth—massive crop failures, apocalyptic fires, imploding economies, epic flooding, hundreds of millions of refugees fleeing regions made uninhabitable by extreme heat or permanent drought. If you’re under thirty, you’re all but guaranteed to witness it. If you care about the planet, and about the people and animals who live on it, there are two ways to think about this. You can keep on hoping that catastrophe is preventable, and feel ever more frustrated or enraged by the world’s inaction. Or you can accept that disaster is coming, and begin to rethink what it means to have hope.’ This is Jonathan Franzen’s controversial New Yorker essay, published as a single volume that discusses a planet on the cusp of and what and how individuals can respond to that.

Jonathan Franzen (Author), Christopher Ragland (Narrator)

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What Evolution Is

At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is poses the questions at the heart of evolutionary theory and considers how our improved understanding of evolution has affected the viewpoints and values of modern man.Science Masters Series

Ernst Mayr (Author), Henry Strozier (Narrator)

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What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

Do you wish you understood the science of food but don't want to plow through dry, technical books? In What Einstein Told His Cook, University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor emeritus Robert L. Wolke provides reliable and witty explanations for your most burning food questions. Why is red meat red? How do they decaffeinate coffee? Do you wish you understood the science of food but don't want to plow through dry, technical books? In What Einstein Told His Cook, University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor emeritus and award-winning Washington Post food columnist Robert L. Wolke provides reliable and witty explanations for your most burning food questions, while debunking misconceptions and helping you interpret confusing advertising and labeling. A finalist for both the James Beard Foundation and IACP Awards for best food reference, What Einstein Told His Cook engages cooks and chemists alike.

Robert L. Wolke (Author), Sean Runnette (Narrator)

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What Einstein Told His Barber: More Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions

Robert L. Wolke (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator)

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What Einstein Kept Under His Hat: Secrets of Science in the Kitchen

In the sequel to the bestselling What Einstein Told His Cook, Robert L. Wolke continues his investigations into the science behind our foods and debunks culinary misconceptions with reliable, commonsense logic. Have you ever wondered why onions make us cry? Do you believe bananas contain more calories as they ripen and get sweeter? This sequel to the bestselling What Einstein Told His Cook continues Robert L. Wolke's investigations into the science behind our foods. In response to ongoing questions from readers of his nationally syndicated Washington Post column, "Food 101," Wolke debunks misconceptions with reliable, commonsense logic. And for exceptionally inquisitive cooks and scientists, he offers "Sidebar Science" features, which dig more deeply into the chemical processes that underlie food and cooking. Above all, What Einstein Kept Under His Hat provides indispensable information that will make listeners better shoppers, cooks, and eaters.

Marlene Parrish, Robert L. Wolke (Author), Sean Runnette (Narrator)

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What Einstein Didn't Know: Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions

A Washington Post columnist offers a fun, fascinating guide to everyday science for those who never wore a slide rule or a pocket protector. How does soap know what's dirt? How do magnets work? Why do ice cubes crackle in your glass . . . And how can you keep them quiet? They are the questions that torment all of us. Now Robert L. Wolke, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, provides definitive-and amazingly simple-explanations for the mysteries of everyday life. Shattering myths (such as the common belief that salt melts the ice in your driveway) . . . providing insider secrets (like what lights up a neon sign) . . . and daring you to perform your own experiments ( find out what happens when you use a sharp knife to scratch the inside of a beer glass filled with brew!), Dr. Wolke provides astounding facts, cant-lose- bar bets, and sometimes shocking truths. Why is the sky blue? A candle flame yellow? Or bleached clothes white? Don't stay in the dark. When it comes to unraveling the mysteries of modern living, maybe Einstein didn't know. But you can-even if you've never lit a Bunsen burner-with this fascinating, eye-opening book about our astonishing world.

Robert L. Wolke (Author), Sean Runnette (Narrator)

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What Does Rain Smell Like?: 100 fascinating questions on the wild ways of the weather

Why doesn't rain fall all at once? Can technology change the track of a hurricane? What's the weather like on other planets? Meteorologists Simon King and Clare Nasir reveal the captivating ways the weather works, from exploring incredible weather phenomenon (how are rainbows formed?), expertly breaking down our knowledge of the elements (could we harness the power of lightning?) to explaining the significance of weather in history (has the weather ever started a war?) and discussing the future of weather (could climate modification save the planet?). In What Does Rain Smell Like? Simon and Clare uncover the thrilling science behind a subject that affects us all. They unearth and analyse all aspects of the weather and how it changes our lives through answering our most curious questions about the world around us. Includes an exclusive afterword with the authors.

Clare Nasir, Simon King (Author), Clare Nasir, Simon King (Narrator)

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What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine

This highly acclaimed book examines how the quality of medical care is influenced by what doctors feel-the fear, anxiety, empathy, and even love that impact patient care While much has been written about the minds and methods of the medical professionals who save our lives, precious little has been said about their emotions. Physicians are assumed to be objective, rational beings, easily able to detach as they guide patients and families through some of life's most challenging moments. But understanding doctors' emotional responses to the life-and-death dramas of everyday practice can make all the difference on giving and getting the best medical care. Digging deep into the lives of doctors, Dr. Danielle Ofri examines the daunting range of emotions-shame, anger, empathy, frustration, hope, pride, occasionally despair, and sometimes even love-that permeate the contemporary doctor-patient connection. Drawing on scientific studies, including some surprising research, Dr. Ofri offers up an unflinching look at the impact of emotions on health care. Dr. Ofri takes us into the swirling heart of patient care, telling stories of caregivers caught up and occasionally torn down by the whirlwind life of doctoring. She admits to the humiliation of an error that nearly killed one of her patients. She mourns when a beloved patient is denied a heart transplant. She tells the riveting stories of an intern traumatized when she is forced to let a newborn die in her arms, and of a doctor whose daily glass of wine to handle the frustrations of the ER escalates into a destructive addiction. Ofri also reveals that doctors cope through gallows humor, find hope in impossible situations, and surrender to ecstatic happiness when they triumph over illness.

Danielle Ofri (Author), Andi Arndt (Narrator)

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What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You

'Gets right to the heart of what makes us what we are. Read it!' Angela Saini, author of Inferior and Superior: The Return of Race Science Popular science master Brian Clegg’s new book is an entertaining tour through the science of what makes you you. From the atomic level, through life and energy to genetics and personality, it explores how the billions of particles which make up you – your DNA, your skin, your memories – have come to be. It starts with the present-day reader and follows a number of trails to discover their origins: how the atoms in your body were created and how they got to you in space and time, the sources of things you consume, how the living cells of your body developed, where your massive brain and consciousness originated, how human beings evolved and, ultimately, what your personal genetic history reveals.

Brian Clegg (Author), James Langton (Narrator)

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