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The Future Loves You: How and Why We Should Abolish Death by Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778201 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778201] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Future Loves You: How and Why We Should Abolish Death Author: Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston Narrator: Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 28, 2024 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive us Just as surgeons once believed pain was good for their patients, some argue today that death brings meaning to life. But given humans rarely live beyond a century – even while certain whales can thrive for over two hundred years – it’s hard not to see our biological limits as profoundly unfair. No wonder then that most people nearing death wish they still had more time. Yet, with ever-advancing science, will the ends of our lives always loom so close? For from ventilators to brain implants, modern medicine has been blurring what it means to die. In a lucid synthesis of current neuroscientific thinking, Zeleznikow-Johnston explains that death is no longer the loss of heartbeat or breath, but of personal identity – that the core of our identities is our minds, and that our minds are encoded in the structure of our brains. On this basis, he explores how recently invented brain preservation techniques now offer us all the chance of preserving our minds to enable our future revival. Whether they fought for justice or cured diseases, we are grateful to those of our ancestors who helped craft a kinder world – yet they cannot enjoy the fruits of the civilization they helped build. But if we work together to create a better future for our own descendants, we may even have the chance to live in it. Because, should we succeed, then just maybe, the future will love us enough to bring us back and share their world with us. © Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human by Guy Leschziner

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703269 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703269] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human Author: Guy Leschziner Narrator: Guy Leschziner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 21, 2024 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: 'Has the power to change the way you look at the world' Steven Bartlett 'The heir to Oliver Sacks' David Baddiel A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2024 AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Envy. Lust. Anger. These are the seven deadly sins, the vices of humankind that define immorality, the roots of all evil in the world. Or so some believe. But do these sins really represent moral failings, or are they simply human functions that aid us? Are they just the result of how our bodies, psyches, and brains in particular, are wired? This new book by Dr Guy Leschziner, a professor of neurology and sleep medicine, explores the underlying nature of the seven deadly sins, their neuroscientific and psychological basis, their origin in our genes and crucially how certain medical disorders give rise to them. Drawing on his clinical practice, we meet individuals whose physical and psychological conditions have given rise to these sins, where brain injury or other experiences have sparked ‘immoral’ actions. He explores how illness can simply expose what lies within us and investigates how the origins of these traits lie in evolutionary imperatives to preserve the wellbeing of the tribe. Perhaps, he suggests, these character traits are less of a moral question and more biological, which raises fundamental issues of responsibility and blame in the face of ‘sin’. Combining cutting-edge science placed in the context of real-life experience with patients, the book reexamines where the boundaries between normal human nature, pathology and sin are drawn. And, most importantly, whether these hard-wired traits truly represent sin, or simply the intensity of our intrinsic desire to survive and thrive.

The Lost World of the Dinosaurs: On the Trail of the Dinosaurs' Final Secrets by Armin Schmitt

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/743484 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/743484] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost World of the Dinosaurs: On the Trail of the Dinosaurs' Final Secrets Author: Armin Schmitt Narrator: Shaun Grindell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: "An insightful and informative meander through the evolution of dinosaurs and other extinct species, with a touch of personal flair.”—Steve Brusatte, professor and paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs An enrapturing tale of the age of the dinosaurs, tracing their earliest origins, their astounding two-hundred-million-year reign and their infamous demise Dinosaurs. No other class of animals captures the hearts of both children and adults alike. Paleontologist Armin Schmitt brings us a firsthand account of the latest research on dinosaurs and their lives millions of years ago, including his spectacular global excavations and fascinating discoveries in the field. With the help of cutting-edge technology and unbelievable new finds, the age-old tale of the dinosaurs is now revitalized for the very first time, complete with astonishing illustrations by Ben Rennen that help us imagine dinosaurs like never before. Though we’re all familiar with popular dinosaurs such as the renowned Tyrannosaurus rex—every dino fan’s favorite—Schmitt answers the questions we’ve all been asking, such as: - What is excavating at a dig site like? - Why did birds survive the asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous, unlike the rest of the dinosaurs? - How has the field of paleontology changed since the Bone Wars? - Does climate change and its effects on the dinosaurs’ survival compare to our current climate crisis today? The Lost World of the Dinosaurs is an all-encompassing exploration traveling back in time into the world of the primeval giants, perfect for anyone interested in the largest land creatures that ever inhabited Earth. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Letters by Oliver Sacks

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760980 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760980] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters Author: Oliver Sacks Narrator: Kate Edgar, James Langton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 32 minutes Release date: November 5, 2024 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • The letters of one of the greatest observers of the human species, revealing his passion for life and work, friendship and art, medicine and society, and the richness of his relationships with friends, family, and fellow intellectuals over the decades, collected here for the first time “Here is the unedited Oliver Sacks—struggling, passionate, a furiously intelligent misfit. And also endless interesting. He was a man like no other.” —Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal Dr. Oliver Sacks—who describes himself in these pages as a “philosophical physician” and a “neuropathological Talmudist”—wrote letters throughout his life: to his parents and his beloved Auntie Len, to friends and colleagues from London, Oxford, California, and around the world. The letters begin with his arrival in America as a young man, eager to establish himself away from the confines of postwar England, and carry us through his bumpy early career in medicine and the discovery of his writer’s voice; his weight-lifting, motorcycle-riding years and his explosive seasons of discovery with the patients who populate his book Awakenings; his growing interest in matters of sight and the musical brain; his many friendships and exchanges with writers, artists, and scientists (to say nothing of astronauts, botanists, and mathematicians), and his deep gratitude for all these relationships at the end of his life. Sensitively introduced and edited by Kate Edgar, Sacks’s longtime editor, the letters deliver a portrait of Sacks as he wrestles with the workings of the brain and mind. We see, through his eyes, the beginnings of modern neuroscience, following the thought processes of one of the great intellectuals of our time, whose words, as evidenced in these pages, were unfailingly shaped with generosity and wonder toward other people.

We are what we listen to: The impact of music on individual and social health by Dr. Patricia Caicedo M.D.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/840392 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/840392] to listen full audiobooks. Title: We are what we listen to: The impact of music on individual and social health Author: Dr. Patricia Caicedo M.D. Narrator: Dr. Patricia Caicedo M.D. Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 4, 2024 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: In this groundbreaking union of art and science, soprano, musicologist, and physician Patricia Caicedo explores the connection between music-its performance, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it-and health.Drawing on the latest research and musical examples, Caicedo reveals:- How the brain works when you listen to and make music.- The relationship between rhythm, movement, and health.- The relationship between pleasure, emotion, and music.- How music has been a crucial element of the human experience since the beginning of the species and how it is fundamental for maintaining communities.- The importance of music in pain and death.- How music increases your creativity and produces happiness and a sense of purpose in life.We are what we listen to: the impact of music on individual health will attract readers of Oliver Sacks and David Byrne, as it is an unprecedented, transdisciplinary investigation that contextualizes the music and its effects on historical, scientific, and social levels. It is an essential book for music lovers and everybody seeking to improve their mental and physical health. 'This thoroughly researched written book results from a lifetime of careful study and wide experience. It contains revelations on virtually every page concerning the therapeutic benefits of music.' Dr. Walter Clark, Professor of Musicology, University of California Riverside. 'I appreciate this book because it is written in a way that activates the reader's senses in a way that not only informs but efficiently urges us to participate creatively, letting the music do its magic to us.' Alfons Karabuda, President International Music Council.