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Einstein’s Fridge: The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe by Paul Sen

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361265 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361265] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Einstein’s Fridge: The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe Author: Paul Sen Narrator: Malk Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: ‘Hugely readable and entertaining’ JIM AL-KHALILI ‘An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this discipline’s breadth, largely told through its history’ PHIL BALL, PHYSICS WORLD Einstein’s Fridge tells the story of how scientists uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, and learned to harness the power of heat and ice. The laws of thermodynamics govern everything from the behaviour of atoms to that of living cells, from the engines that power our world to the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Not only that, but thermodynamics explains why we must eat and breathe, how the lights come on, and ultimately how the universe will end. The people who decoded its laws came from every branch of the sciences – they were engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, cosmologists and mathematicians. Their discoveries, set over two hundred years, kick-started the industrial revolution, changed the course of world wars and informed modern understanding of black holes. This book captures the thrill of discovery and the power of revolutionary science to change the world forever.

The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe by Stephen C. Meyer

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360981 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360981] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe Author: Stephen C. Meyer Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 50 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology. Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief—that science and belief in God are “at war.” Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer challenges this view by examining three scientific discoveries with decidedly theistic implications. Building on the case for the intelligent design of life that he developed in Signature in the Cell and Darwin’s Doubt, Meyer demonstrates how discoveries in cosmology and physics coupled with those in biology help to establish the identity of the designing intelligence behind life and the universe.  Meyer argues that theism — with its affirmation of a transcendent, intelligent and active creator — best explains the evidence we have concerning biological and cosmological origins. Previously Meyer refrained from attempting to answer questions about “who” might have designed life. Now he provides an evidence-based answer to perhaps the ultimate mystery of the universe. In so doing, he reveals a stunning conclusion: the data support not just the existence of an intelligent designer of some kind—but the existence of a personal God.  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness by Philip Goff

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360955 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360955] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness Author: Philip Goff Narrator: Maxwell Caulfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human consciousness--panpsychism Understanding how brains produce consciousness is one of the great scientific challenges of our age. Some philosophers argue that consciousness is something 'extra,' beyond the physical workings of the brain. Others think that if we persist in our standard scientific methods, our questions about consciousness will eventually be answered. And some suggest that the mystery is so deep, it will never be solved. In Galileo's Error, Philip Goff offers an exciting alternative that could pave the way forward. Rooted in an analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of modern science and based on the early twentieth-century work of Arthur Eddington and Bertrand Russell, Goff makes the case for panpsychism, a theory which posits that consciousness is not confined to biological entities but is a fundamental feature of all physical matter--from subatomic particles to the human brain. Here is the first step on a new path to the final theory of human consciousness. Cover image: Gold Beam Collision Recorded at STAR. Copyright Brookhaven National Laboratory (Creative Commons). Full image available at Flickr.com.

The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains by Joseph Ledoux

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345090 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345090] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains Author: Joseph Ledoux Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: A leading neuroscientist offers a history of the evolution of the brain from unicellular organisms to the complexity of animals and human beings today Renowned neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux digs into the natural history of life on earth to provide a new perspective on the similarities between us and our ancestors in deep time. This page-turning survey of the whole of terrestrial evolution sheds new light on how nervous systems evolved in animals, how the brain developed, and what it means to be human. In The Deep History of Ourselves, LeDoux argues that the key to understanding human behavior lies in viewing evolution through the prism of the first living organisms. By tracking the chain of the evolutionary timeline he shows how even the earliest single-cell organisms had to solve the same problems we and our cells have to solve each day. Along the way, LeDoux explores our place in nature, how the evolution of nervous systems enhanced the ability of organisms to survive and thrive, and how the emergence of what we humans understand as consciousness made our greatest and most horrendous achievements as a species possible. *Includes a PDF of original reference illustrations from the text

Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355076 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355076] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind Author: Annaka Harris Narrator: Annaka Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 4, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: 2020 Audie Finalist  As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience. What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How are we able to think about this? And why should we? In this wonderfully accessible audiobook, Annaka Harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness. Where does it reside, and what gives rise to it? Could it be an illusion, or a universal property of all matter? As we try to understand consciousness, we must grapple with how to define it and, in the age of artificial intelligence, who or what might possess it. Conscious offers lively and challenging arguments that alter our ideas about consciousness—allowing us to think freely about it for ourselves, if indeed we can.