Bestsellers
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Challenger
- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
- De: Adam Higginbotham
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 16 h y 54 m
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research—a riveting history that comes across like a thriller.
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Even though I have read a lot of books about this disaster. This has been the most comprehensive and enjoyable.
- De Andy en 05-25-24
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The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
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Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. Malcolm Gladwell reexamines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time....
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Listen to the same story on his podcast for free
- De Dustin en 04-28-21
De: Malcolm Gladwell
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Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- De: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies....
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Ben Rich's life story...but not in that order
- De Allstar en 11-05-16
De: Ben R. Rich, y otros
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The Wright Brothers
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story behind the story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly....
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Disappointing
- De Sara en 07-10-16
De: David McCullough
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Pale Blue Dot
- A Vision of the Human Future in Space
- De: Carl Sagan
- Narrado por: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people....
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Audio Quality Choices
- De JR en 05-30-17
De: Carl Sagan
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- De: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- De Cynthia en 09-18-16
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Challenger
- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
- De: Adam Higginbotham
- Narrado por: Jacques Roy
- Duración: 16 h y 54 m
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research—a riveting history that comes across like a thriller.
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Even though I have read a lot of books about this disaster. This has been the most comprehensive and enjoyable.
- De Andy en 05-25-24
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The Bomber Mafia
- A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- De: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrado por: Malcolm Gladwell
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
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Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. Malcolm Gladwell reexamines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time....
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Listen to the same story on his podcast for free
- De Dustin en 04-28-21
De: Malcolm Gladwell
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Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- De: Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies....
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Ben Rich's life story...but not in that order
- De Allstar en 11-05-16
De: Ben R. Rich, y otros
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The Wright Brothers
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: David McCullough
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
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Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story behind the story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly....
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Disappointing
- De Sara en 07-10-16
De: David McCullough
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Pale Blue Dot
- A Vision of the Human Future in Space
- De: Carl Sagan
- Narrado por: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people....
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Audio Quality Choices
- De JR en 05-30-17
De: Carl Sagan
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- De: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- De Cynthia en 09-18-16
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The Future of Geography
- How the Competition in Space Will Change Our World (Politics of Place)
- De: Tim Marshall
- Narrado por: Tim Marshall
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes a must-have book on today’s space race—including the increasingly tense power struggle between the US, China, and Russia and what it means for all of us here on Earth....
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New information on space technology and warfare
- De eurogolfer en 05-26-24
De: Tim Marshall
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Rocket Men
- The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
- De: Robert Kurson
- Narrado por: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind's historic first mission to the moon, from the best-selling author of Shadow Divers....
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The Men Who Saved 1968
- De Gillian en 04-04-18
De: Robert Kurson
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Apollo
- De: Charles Murray, Catherine Bly Cox
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 18 h y 15 m
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Apollo is the behind-the-scenes story of an epic achievement. Based on exhaustive research that included many exclusive interviews, Apollo tells how America went from a standing start to a landing on the moon at a speed that now seems impossible....
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Best book ever for space, ops, and engineering fans
- De JDM en 10-29-19
De: Charles Murray, y otros
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Ignition!
- An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
- De: John Drury Clark, Isaac Asimov - foreward
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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Ignition! is the story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant that could be trusted to take man into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, listeners will want to tune into this "really good book on rocket[s]," available for the first time in audio....
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Science man lists names of chemicals for 9 hours
- De Adrian en 05-06-19
De: John Drury Clark, y otros
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American Moonshot
- John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
- De: Douglas Brinkley
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
- Duración: 17 h y 14 m
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As the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award-winning historian and perennial New York Times best-selling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy’s inspiring challenge, and America’s race to the moon....
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This narrator sounds like a frikkin robot! 👎👎👎
- De Timothy Anderson en 04-04-19
De: Douglas Brinkley
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The Future of Humanity
- Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
- De: Michio Kaku
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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The number-one best-selling author of The Future of the Mind offers a stunning vision of man's future in space....
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Simply a compilation of many other books
- De Nat Smith en 02-25-18
De: Michio Kaku
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Into the Black
- The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
- De: Rowland White, Richard Truly
- Narrado por: Eric Meyers
- Duración: 15 h y 51 m
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Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission....
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Great Story About a Flawed Spacecraft
- De John en 12-04-16
De: Rowland White, y otros
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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
- De: Andrew Chaikin
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 23 h
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This book conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail....
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Long, comforting book on moon exploration
- De Mark en 06-17-16
De: Andrew Chaikin
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Apollo 8
- The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
- De: Jeffrey Kluger
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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In August 1968 NASA made a bold decision: In just 16 weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon....
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Great history of NASA and Apollo 8: a must listen
- De J en 11-17-17
De: Jeffrey Kluger
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Beyond
- The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
- De: Stephen Walker
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
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April 12, 1961. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile - originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead - and blasts into the skies. His name is Yuri Gagarin. And he is about to make history....
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A remarkable story on many levels
- De Dipam en 03-22-22
De: Stephen Walker
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Packing for Mars
- The Curious Science of Life in the Void
- De: Mary Roach
- Narrado por: Sandra Burr
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer....
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know - and More
- De Roy en 09-22-10
De: Mary Roach
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Empires of the Sky
- Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World
- De: Alexander Rose
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 22 h y 43 m
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The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg....
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Actually, a One-Sided Story
- De JP en 08-03-20
De: Alexander Rose
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First Man
- The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
- De: James R. Hansen
- Narrado por: Jeremy Bobb
- Duración: 16 h y 26 m
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When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong....
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Not really 'unabridged'
- De A Reader en 06-06-18
De: James R. Hansen
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One Giant Leap
- The Untold Story of How We Flew to the Moon
- De: Charles Fishman
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 15 h y 5 m
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The New York Times best-selling, "meticulously researched and absorbingly written" (The Washington Post) story of the trailblazers and the ordinary Americans on the front lines of the epic Apollo 11 moon mission....
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The Apollo Program in Historical Context
- De Nat en 06-19-19
De: Charles Fishman
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The Last Man On the Moon
- De: Eugene Cernan
- Narrado por: Eugene Cernan
- Duración: 5 h y 10 m
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This is the story of a unique American hero who came of age as an astronaut during the few dramatic years when man reached the moon....
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Yet Another Perspective
- De Shellbin en 12-28-12
De: Eugene Cernan
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The Interstellar Age
- The Story of the NASA Men and Women Who Flew the Forty-Year Voyager Mission
- De: Jim Bell
- Narrado por: Jim Bell
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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The story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission, told by a scientist who was there from the beginning....
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Exciting, Inspiring, and interesting.
- De JoR en 03-19-15
De: Jim Bell
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The Case for Space
- How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility
- De: Robert Zubrin
- Narrado por: Mike Lenz
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
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A noted space expert explains the current revolution in spaceflight, where it leads, and why we need it. A new space race has begun. But the rivals in this case are not superpowers but competing entrepreneurs. These daring pioneers are creating a revolution in spaceflight....
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Exciting and Invigorating Call to Action
- De Kindle Customer en 10-21-20
De: Robert Zubrin
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Inglés Aeronáutico [Aeronautical English]
- Un libro de inglés explicado en español [An English Book Explained in Spanish]
- De: Facundo Conforti
- Narrado por: Amelia
- Duración: 1 h y 38 m
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Uno de los grandes éxitos de la Biblioteca Aeronáutica. Todas las estructuras de comunicación, según los requerimientos de OACI. Todo sobre los diálogos en operaciones normales, operaciones anormales, y una sección de comprensión de textos....
De: Facundo Conforti
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Shuttle, Houston
- My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control
- De: Paul Dye
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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From the longest-serving flight director in NASA's history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe....
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6 stars - just brilliant
- De Greg en 02-17-21
De: Paul Dye
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The Saga of Pappy Gunn
- De: George C. Kenney
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
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A four-star general pays tribute to a remarkable man in this biography. Believing that America owes a debt to a great character, a superb aviator, and a devoted citizen that was not paid, General Kenney tells the story of Paul Irvin "Pappy" Gunn....
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FASCINATING
- De Bowen Florsheim en 08-21-21
De: George C. Kenney
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Chasing New Horizons
- Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
- De: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon
- Narrado por: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
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On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than three billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto....
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Great Topic ... not great coverage
- De Stuff Reviewer en 06-19-18
De: Alan Stern, y otros
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Spaceman
- An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
- De: Mike Massimino
- Narrado por: Mike Massimino
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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Mike Massimino's childhood space dreams were born the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Growing up in a working-class Long Island family, he catapulted himself to Columbia....
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Likable guy, great storyteller
- De Joy Woller en 10-09-16
De: Mike Massimino
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Safely to Earth
- The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home
- De: Jack Clemons
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons - a former lead engineer in support of NASA - takes listeners behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years....
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Jack Clemons has all the right stuff in this book
- De Michael N. Kafes en 10-16-18
De: Jack Clemons
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Interstellar
- The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
- De: Avi Loeb
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
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Avi Loeb, the longest serving Chair of Harvard’s Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had likely been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star....
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Postcolonial intersectional astrophysics
- De Amazon Customer en 09-02-23
De: Avi Loeb