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Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Douglas MacArthur Author: Jack Steinberg Narrator: Jim D. Johnston Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 11-23-16 Publisher: WE CANT BE BEAT LLC Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Summary: This book is an elaborate explanation of MacArthur's life. It is written in an easy-to-follow style that makes you move with the flow of the events of the day. In the book, you will learn almost everything you ever wanted to know about the most decorated army general the US ever had. In particular, you are going to see the factors that influenced MacArthur's life, and the background against which he developed his career. You will learn about his family life, his career development, and also his varied and eventful tour of duty. Owing to MacArthur's deep involvement in World War I and World War II, as well as the Korean War, writing his story inevitably calls for a summarized version of the events that took place during those wars. You will therefore be able to learn from this book what the triggers of the different wars were, the main participants in the wars, and the impact the war had on the countries involved, particularly the US and Japan. You will also have a sneak peek at the thinking of a general in times of war and the conflicts that take place between Army generals and political leaders in times of crisis. Welcome and enjoy! Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Summary of Ron Chernow's Washington: A Life Author: Ant Hive Media Narrator: Michael Piotrasch Format: Unabridged Length: 24 mins Language: English Release date: 11-11-16 Publisher: Ant Hive Media Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Summary: This is a summary of Ron Chernow's Washington: A Life. This summary is aimed at those who want to capture the gist of the book but don't have the current time to devour all 928 pages. You get the main summary along with all of the benefits and lessons the actual book has to offer. This summary is intended to be used with reference to the original book. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Rumsfeld Way Author: Jeffrey Krames Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 02-22-06 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Summary: The Rumsfeld Way explores Rumsfeld's skills, methods, and strategies through the prism of his own words and accomplishments, and arrives at a leadership model that is distinctive, powerful, and proven effective under unprecedented duress. Both a stunning addition to today's business library and an excellent listen, The Rumsfeld Way outlines a step-by-step model for success in any field and writes a new chapter in the literature of leadership. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Renegade Author: Richard Wolffe Narrator: Richard Wolffe Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 06-02-09 Publisher: Random House Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Summary: This book is the previously untold and epic story of how a political newcomer with no money and an alien name grew into the world's most powerful leader. But it is also a uniquely intimate portrait of the person behind the iconic posters and the Secret Service code name Renegade. Drawing on a dozen unplugged interviews with the candidate and president, as well as 21 months covering his campaign as it traveled from coast to coast, Richard Wolffe answers the simple yet enduring question about Barack Obama: Who is he? Based on Wolffe's unprecedented access to Obama, Renegade reveals the making of a president, both on the campaign trail and before he ran for high office. It explains how the politician who emerged in an extraordinary election learned the personal and political skills to succeed during his youth and early career. With cool self-discipline, calculated risk taking, and simple storytelling, Obama developed the strategies he would need to survive the onslaught of the Clintons and John McCain, and build a multimillion-dollar machine to win a historic contest. Renegade is an essential guide to understanding President Barack Obama and his trusted inner circle of aides and friends. It is also a riveting and enlightening first draft of history and political psychology. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Freud Author: Frederick Crews Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Length: 25 hrs and 56 mins Language: English Release date: 08-22-17 Publisher: Blackstone Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: From the master of Freud debunkers, the book that definitively puts an end to the myth of psychoanalysis and its creator. Since the 1970s, Sigmund Freud's scientific reputation has been in an accelerating tailspin - and for excellent reasons. Nevertheless, the idea persists that some of his proposals were visionary discoveries. In Freud: The Making of an Illusion, Frederick Crews investigates the record and reveals findings that will revolutionize our conception of the therapist, the theorist, and the human being. Drawing on rarely consulted archives, Crews shows us a man who blundered tragicomically in his dealings with patients, who never produced a corroborated cure, who promoted cocaine in one decade and was deluded by it in the next, who misunderstood the psychological controversies of the era, and who advanced his career through falsifying case histories and betraying the mentors who had helped him to rise. The contrary legend has persisted, Crews shows, thanks to Freud's self-fashioning as a master detective of the psyche and later through a campaign of censorship and obfuscation conducted by his followers. A monumental biographical study and a slashing critique, Freud: The Making of an Illusion will stand as the last word on one of the most significant and contested figures of the 20th century. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Man of the Hour Author: Jennet Conant Narrator: Fred Sanders Format: Unabridged Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-17 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: The remarkable life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant - a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War - told by his granddaughter, New York Times best-selling author Jennet Conant. James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the center of the mammoth threats and challenges of the 20th century. As a young eminent chemist, he supervised the production of poison gas in WWI. As a controversial president of Harvard University, he was a champion of meritocracy and open admissions. As an advisor to FDR, he led the interventionist cause for US entrance in WWII. During that war, Conant was the administrative director of the Manhattan Project, oversaw the development of the atomic bomb, and argued that it be used against the industrial city of Hiroshima in Japan. Later, he urged the Atomic Energy Commission to reject the hydrogen bomb and devoted the rest of his life to campaigning for international control of atomic weapons. As Eisenhower's high commissioner to Germany, he helped to plan German recovery and was an architect of the United States' Cold War policy. Now New York Times best-selling author Jennet Conant recreates the cataclysmic events of the 20th century as her grandfather James experienced them. She describes the guilt, fears, and, sometimes, regret of those who invented and deployed the bombs and the personal toll it took. From the White House to Los Alamos to Harvard University, Man of the Hour is based on hundreds of documents and diaries and interviews with Manhattan Project scientists, Harvard colleagues, and Conant's friends and family, including her father, James B. Conant's son. This is a very intimate, up-close look at some of the most argued cases of modern times - among them the use of chemical weapons, the decision to drop the bomb, Oppenheimer's fate, the politics of postwar Germany, and the Cold War - the repercussions of which are still affecting our world today. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Albert Einstein: Physicist, Philosopher, Humanitarian Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Don Howard Format: Original Recording Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: These 24 lectures present a wide-ranging intellectual exploration of this iconic scientist, genius, and champion of social justice. More than just a biography of Einstein's life, Albert Einstein provides you with an inside look at how this brilliant thinker arrived at his various revolutionary breakthroughs. According to Professor Howard, retracing the thought processes that led to Einstein's ideas is the key to understanding them. Guided by him, you'll reason your way to historic insights such as these: Light has both wave- and particle-like properties; absolute space and absolute time are meaningless concepts; and gravity is caused by the curvature of space-time. Each of these ideas sparked a scientific revolution. The first led to quantum physics; the second and third are conclusions from the special and general theories of relativity, which this lecture series explains in nontechnical detail. In addition to the groundbreaking scientific concepts, you'll learn how Einstein's dynamic life reflected a range of interests and passions that extended into fields like religion, international relations, and social justice. Indeed, as you'll discover, Einstein frequently engaged with many of the leading social and political issues of his day. These lectures are the perfect introduction to Einstein, putting his scientific discoveries into the context of his personal life, his philosophical views, and his outlook on the world. By the final lecture, you'll have become better acquainted with the whole Einstein: his ideas, his thought processes, and his impact on both his own time and ours. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Steve Jobs Author: Walter Isaacson Narrator: Dylan Baker Format: Abridged Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 10-24-11 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Featuring a new epilogue read by the author. From the author of the best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive biography of Steve Jobs. Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues - Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the 21st century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Accidental Billionaires Author: Ben Mezrich Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 07-14-09 Publisher: Random House Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends, outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math and a geeky awkwardness with women. Eduardo figured their ticket to social acceptance, and sexual success, was getting invited to join one of the university's Final Clubs, a constellation of elite societies that had groomed generations of the most powerful men in the world and ranked on top of the inflexible hierarchy at Harvard. Mark, with less of an interest in what the campus alpha males thought of him, happened to be a computer genius of the first order. And he used his genius to find a more direct route to social stardom: one lonely night, Mark hacked into the university's computer system, creating a ratable database of all the female students on campus and subsequently crashing the university's servers and nearly getting himself kicked out of school. In that moment, in his Harvard dorm room, the framework for Facebook was born. What followed - a real-life adventure filled with slick venture capitalists, stunning women, and six-foot-five-inch identical-twin Olympic rowers - makes for one of the most entertaining and compelling books of the year. The Accidental Billionaires is a compulsively readable story of innocence lost, and of the unusual creation of a company that has revolutionized the way hundreds of millions of people relate to one another. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Jony Ive Author: Leander Kahney Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 11-14-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: The best-selling author of Inside Steve's Brain profiles Apple's legendary chief designer, Jonathan Ive. Jony Ive's designs have not only made Apple one of the most valuable companies in the world; they've overturned entire industries, from music and mobile phones to PCs and tablets. But for someone who has changed the world as much as he has, little is widely known about Apple's senior vice president of industrial design. Unlike his former boss and creative partner Steve Jobs, Ive shuns the spotlight. Naturally shy and soft-spoken, he lets his work speak for itself and concerns himself only with his craft. In the first book to focus on Ive, Leander Kahney offers a rigorous and systematic examination of a remarkably creative career and provides insight into the principles underlying Ive's success. Having covered Apple as an editor since the 1990s and interviewed Ive on numerous occasions, Kahney offers a unique perspective on how this man designs killer products that attract fanatically loyal customers. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Dreaming in Code Author: Scott Rosenberg Narrator: Kyle McCarley Format: Unabridged Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins Language: English Release date: 12-18-12 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Their story takes us through a maze of dead ends and exhilarating breakthroughs as they and their colleagues wrestle not only with the abstraction of code but with the unpredictability of human behavior, especially their own. Along the way, we encounter black holes, turtles, snakes, dragons, axe-sharpening, and yak-shaving - and take a guided tour through the theories and methods, both brilliant and misguided, that litter the history of software development, from the famous "mythical man-month" to Extreme Programming. Not just for technophiles but for anyone captivated by the drama of invention, Dreaming in Code offers a window into both the information age and the workings of the human mind. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Simply Electrifying Author: Craig R. Roach Narrator: Tom Perkins Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 08-15-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Simply Electrifying: The Technology That Transformed the World, from Benjamin Franklin to Elon Musk brings to life the 250-year history of electricity through the stories of the men and women who used it to transform our world: Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Michael Faraday, Samuel F.B. Morse, Thomas Edison, Samuel Insull, Albert Einstein, Rachel Carson, Elon Musk, and more. In the process, it reveals for the first time the complete, thrilling, and often dangerous story of electricity's historic discovery, development, and worldwide application. Electricity plays a fundamental role not only in our everyday lives but in history's most pivotal events, from global climate change and the push for wind- and solar-generated electricity to Japan's nuclear accident at Fukushima and Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons. Written by electricity expert and four-decade veteran of the industry, Craig R. Roach, Simply Electrifying marshals, in fascinating narrative detail, the full range of factors that shaped the electricity business over time - science, technology, law, politics, government regulation, economics, business strategy, and culture - before looking forward toward the exhilarating prospects for electricity generation and use that will shape our future. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Sally Ride Author: Lynn Sherr Narrator: Pam Ward Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins Language: English Release date: 06-03-14 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Sally Ride made history as the first American woman in space. A member of the first astronaut class to include women, NASA chose her for the seventh shuttle mission, inspiring several generations of women. After a second flight, Ride served on the panels investigating the Challenger explosion and the Columbia disintegration that killed all aboard. In both instances, she faulted NASA's rush to meet mission deadlines and its organizational failures. She also cofounded a company promoting science and education for children, especially girls. In Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space, Lynn Sherr writes about Ride's scrupulously guarded personal life, with exclusive access to Ride's partner, her former husband, her family, and countless friends and colleagues. This is a rich biography of a fascinating woman whose life intersected with revolutionary social and scientific changes in America. Sherr's revealing portrait is warm and admiring but unsparing. It makes this extraordinarily talented and bold woman - an inspiration to millions - come alive. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Son of the Wilderness Author: Linnie Marsh Wolfe Narrator: James Armstrong Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 1 min Language: English Release date: 11-20-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of John Muir, the rugged individualist and passionate protector of the wild who saw that the encroachment of civilization into nature would threaten civilization itself. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Emmanuel Macron: An Unauthorized Biography Author: My Ebook Publishing House Narrator: Matt Montanez Format: Unabridged Length: 19 mins Language: English Release date: 09-19-17 Publisher: Author's Republic Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Summary: Emmanuel Macron has wn th 2017 Frnh ltin, outdoing xtrm right-wing ldr Marine L Pen. Mrn achieved uh a result b presenting himself as a nw, "nti-tblihmnt" ndidt. Al, thanks t n fftiv media mign, he mngd t lv an imrin n the electorate, dit that he was a wll-placed rn in Frn' financial nd litil nter f wr. But who is Emmanuel Macron? Wh' bhind the mysterious rise f Emmanuel Macron? What is his profile? Find out now. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Legacies of Great Economists Author: The Great Courses, Timothy Taylor Narrator: Professor Timothy Taylor Format: Original Recording Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: When it comes to economics and economic theory, a few thinkers dominate the landscape. Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Alfred Marshall, John Maynard Keynes, and a handful of others have shaped the world of economics and influenced our lives. These 10 lectures acquaint you with the thoughts, theories, and lives of these great economists. You'll grasp the guiding principles of economics through a better understanding of the economists who developed them. In this broad span of time since these thinkers first presented their ideas, economic issues and concerns have changed greatly - but core economic doctrine remains. These lectures provide a fresh take on how various economic theories were formed and how subsequent economists fine-tuned those theories. They show that there are valuable lessons to be learned from history's great economists, whether their theories have held up over time, required revision, or been discredited in practice. And as Professor Taylor leads you through those theories, you'll come away with insight about why some current disputes over economic policy have been continual sources of argument over the last several centuries. By providing a glimpse into the minds of the geniuses who laid the foundations of modern economics, Professor Taylor offers new ideas and perspectives to enhance your understanding of the subject. More than dull numbers and graphs, this series focuses on personalities and brings economics to life. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Florence Nightingale Author: Lynn M. Hamilton, Wyatt North Narrator: David Glass Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 05-20-15 Publisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Has there ever been someone who accomplished so much and, at the same time, thought so little of herself? Before she even turned 40, Florence Nightingale was the darling of the British public, the heroine of the Crimea. She could have sailed home to England and comfortably dined out on her fame for the remainder of her long days. Instead she conducted a ruthless postmortem on every moment of her wartime service and found herself entirely wanting. She did not try to hide her mistakes; instead she sought to broadcast them so everyone would understand what happens in unsanitary medical facilities. She could well have slid into self-pity and inertia, yet she spent the next several decades campaigning for reforms. One hundred and fifty years ago, the respect we now have for nurses and the intense training that nurses must undergo was nothing but a seed in Florence Nightingale's imagination. If we believe that nurses are some of the most respectable and hardworking people in our community, we owe that belief to Florence Nightingale. But she never took the credit. As an old woman of 77, she deflected all her accomplishments onto God with the words, "How inefficient I was in the Crimea! Yet He has raised up Trained Nursing from it!" Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Microbe Hunters Author: Paul de Kruif Narrator: Michael Quinlan Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 04-19-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: This science classic by Paul de Kruif chronicles the pioneering bacteriological work of the first scientists to see and learn from the microscopic world. Paul de Kruif's Microbe Hunters is a timeless dramatization of the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who discovered microbes and invented the vaccines to counter them. De Kruif reveals the now seemingly simple but really fundamental discoveries of science - for instance, how a microbe was first viewed in a clear drop of rain water, and when, for the first time ever, Louis Pasteur discovered that a simple vaccine could save a man from the ravages of rabies by attacking the microbes that cause it. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Quantum Man Author: Lawrence M. Krauss Narrator: Lawrence M. Krauss Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 03-21-11 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prizewinning physicist (and curious character) Richard Feynman. Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the 20th century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Lawrence M. Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and best-selling author, offers a unique scientific biography: a rollicking narrative coupled with clear and novel expositions of science at the limits. An immensely colorful person in and out of the office, Feynman revolutionized our understanding of nature amid a turbulent life. From the death of Feynmans childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific icon, Krauss presents that life as seen through the science, providing a new understanding of the legacy of a man who has fascinated millions. An accessible reflection on the issues that drive physics today, Quantum Man captures the story of a man who was willing to break all the rules to tame a theory that broke all the rules. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Alan Turing Author: David Boyle Narrator: Barnaby Edwards Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 11-10-14 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Alan Mathison Turing. Mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker, a founder of computer science, and the father of Artificial Intelligence, Turing was one of the most original thinkers of the last century - and the man whose work helped create the computer-driven world we now inhabit. But he was also an enigmatic figure, deeply reticent yet also strikingly naive. Turing's openness about his homosexuality at a time when it was an imprisonable offense ultimately led to his untimely death at the age of only 41. In Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma, David Boyle reveals the mysteries behind the man and his remarkable career. Aged just 22, Turing was elected a fellow at King's College, Cambridge on the strength of a dissertation in which he proved the central limit theorem. By the age of 33, he had been awarded the OBE by King George VI for his wartime services: Turing was instrumental in cracking the Nazi Enigma machines at the top secret code breaking establishment at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. But his achievements were to be tragically overshadowed by the paranoia of the post-War years. Hounded for his supposedly subversive views and for his sexuality, Turing was prosecuted in 1952, and forced to accept the humiliation of hormone treatment to avoid a prison sentence. Just two years later, at the age of 41 he was dead. The verdict: cyanide poisoning. Was Turing's death accidental as his mother always claimed? Or did persistent persecution drive him to take him own life? Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma seeks to find the man behind the science, illuminating the life of a person who is still a shadowy presence behind his brilliant achievements. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Weaving the Web Author: Tim Berners-Lee Narrator: Tim Berners-Lee Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: HarperAudio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: In Weaving the Web, this low-profile genius tells his own story of the Web's origins - from its radical introduction and the creation of the now ubiquitous "www" and "http" acronyms to how he sees the future development of this revolutionary medium. Berners-Lee offers insights to help listeners understand the true nature of the Web, enabling them to use it to their fullest advantage. He shares his views on such critical issues as censorship, privacy, and the increasing power of software companies in the online world. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Quantum Author: Manjit Kumar Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins Language: English Release date: 07-23-10 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you arent shocked by quantum theory, you dont really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientific revolution, focusing on the central conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science. This revelatory book takes a close look at the golden age of physics, the brilliant young minds at its core, and how an idea ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the 20th century. Manjit Kumar was the founding editor of Prometheus, an arts-and-sciences journal. He has written and reviewed for various publications, including the Guardian, and is a consulting science editor at Wired UK. He lives in London. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Flight of the Century: Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of American Aviation Author: Thomas Kessner Narrator: Bob McGraw Format: Unabridged Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 03-15-11 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: In late May 1927, an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris ushered in America's age of commercial aviation. In The Flight of the Century, Thomas Kessner takes a fresh look at one of America's greatest moments, explaining how what was essentially a publicity stunt became a turning point in history. He vividly recreates the flight itself and the euphoric reaction to it on both sides of the Atlantic, and argues that Lindbergh's amazing feat occurred just when the world - still struggling with the disillusionment of World War I - desperately needed a hero to restore a sense of optimism and innocence. Kessner also shows how new forms of mass media made Lindbergh into the most famous international celebrity of his time, casting him in the role of a humble yet dashing American hero of rural origins and traditional values. Much has been made of Lindbergh's personal integrity and his refusal to cash in on his fame. But Kessner reveals that Lindbergh was closely allied with, and managed by, a group of powerful businessmen - Harry Guggenheim, Dwight Morrow, and Henry Breckenridge chief among them - who sought to exploit aviation for mass transport and massive profits. Their efforts paid off as commercial air traffic soared from 6,000 passengers in 1926 to 173,000 passengers in 1929. Kessner's book is the first to fully explore Lindbergh's central role in promoting the airline industry - the rise of which has influenced everything from where we live to how we wage war and do business. The Flight of the Century sheds new light on one of America's fascinatingly enigmatic heroes and most transformative moments. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Right Kind of Crazy Author: Adam Steltzner, William Patrick Narrator: Christopher Grove Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 01-12-16 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: The true story of how an unlikely leader helped inspire a team of rocket scientists to achieve the near impossible: landing a 2000-pound rover on Mars. Few organizations solve as many impossible problems as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and nobody knows more about leading rocket scientists to unlikely breakthroughs than Adam Steltzner. As the phase lead and development manager for EDL (entry, descent, and landing) of the Curiosity rover to Mars, Steltzner spearheaded the creation of one of engineering's wackiest kluges - the sky crane, which allowed the heaviest rover in the history of space exploration to land on Mars unscathed. Steltzner is no ordinary engineer. His path to leadership was about as unlikely as they come. A child of beatnik parents, he was a daredevil and avid mountain biker, breaking 32 bones before squeaking through high school. He blew off college in favor of work at a health food store and playing bass in a band. After an interest in the movement of the stars led him to enroll part time at community college, Steltzner discovered an astonishing gift for math and physics. Within years he got his PhD and ensconced himself within the offbeat Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's decidedly unbureaucratic cousin, where success in a mission is the only metric that matters. The Right Kind of Crazy is the story of the teamwork, drama, and extraordinary feats of innovation at the Jet Propulsion Lab that culminated in landing the rover Curiosity on Mars in 2012. It also weaves Steltzner's professional life - centering on the 10 years he and his team spent planning and then executing the landing of the rover - with his unlikely journey from academic underachiever to rocket scientist. Along the way listeners will learn about what makes effective teams, how to stay on task for the long haul, and strategies for solving incredibly complex problems. The Right Kind of Crazy is a book for anyone striving for excellence. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Great Minds Author: Mark Steinberg Narrator: Jim Johnston Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins Language: English Release date: 08-26-16 Publisher: WE CANT BE BEAT LLC Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: The last 400 years have been some of the most incredible years in human history. From the 17th century to the 21st century, humans went from being almost universally agrarian with sailing vessels, muskets, and astrolabes being the most cutting-edge technology on the planet, to an era where the world is almost universally industrial or post-industrial with airplanes, cars, spaceships, computers, widespread electricity, enormous power from coal, oil, and nuclear power, and the ability to produce much more food than was ever possible before the Industrial Revolution. This book describes the lives and ideas of three of the minds who made this transition possible: Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla, and Albert Einstein. What was it about these men that allowed them to change the world with their ideas about how the universe and technology worked? In this book you will learn about how these three men were able to turn their respective worlds upside-down with their unconventional thinking, thirst for knowledge, far-reaching vision, and sheer genius. They all had rather different personalities but what unites them is that they all wanted to know how the world really worked, and were able to train their minds to accomplish that goal. It wasn't easy for any of them and they all lived in relative isolation developing their ideas and inventions, often receiving opposition from the existing scientific, political, and cultural establishment, but in so doing they were able to transform our understanding of the universe and society in a way that led to the birth of the modern scientific age. The modern world is indebted to these men for good or ill. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Russian Legends: The Life and Legacy of Nikita Khrushchev Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Scott Clem Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 05-15-17 Publisher: Charles River Editors Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Summary: A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' Russian Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of Russia's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. For 30 years, much of the West looked on with disdain as the Bolsheviks took power in Russia and created and consolidated the Soviet Union. As bad as Vladimir Lenin seemed in the early 20th century, Joseph Stalin was so much worse that Churchill later remarked of Lenin, "Their worst misfortune was his birth ... their next worst his death." Before World War II, Stalin consolidated his position by frequently purging party leaders (most famously Leon Trotsky) and Red Army leaders, executing hundreds of thousands of people at the least. And in one of history's greatest textbook examples of the idea that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Stalin's Soviet Union allied with Britain and the United States to defeat Hitler in Europe during World War II. Stalin had ruled with an iron fist for nearly 30 years before his death in 1953, which may or may not have been murder, just as Stalin was preparing to conduct another purge. With his death, Soviet strongman and long-time Stalinist Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), who had managed to stay a step ahead of Stalin's purges if only because he participated in them, became the Soviet premier. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Obsessive Genius Author: Barbara Goldsmith Narrator: Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 05-07-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had been sealed for over 60 years, Barbara Goldsmith reveals the Marie Curie behind the myth - an all-too-human woman struggling to balance a spectacular scientific career, a demanding family, the prejudice of society, and her own passionate nature. Obsessive Genius is a dazzling portrait of Curie, her amazing scientific success, and the price she paid for fame. The best-selling, "excellent...poignant - and scientifically lucid - portrait" (New York Times Book Review) of the remarkable Marie Curie.... Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Maneater Author: Pamela Nagami Narrator: Donna Rawlings Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins Language: English Release date: 01-05-12 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Maneater is a personal account by a specialist who approaches her work like a forensic scientist or a case-hardened private eye. Dr. Pamela Nagami is a leading authority on infectious diseases and her stories will shock, amaze, and warn listeners. The patients in Maneater are ordinary Americans. When Danielle Jordan innocently ordered a salad for lunch in Puerta Vallarta she had no idea she had just become the "host" to an organism that six years later would grow into a worm and burrow into her brain. Charlie Blair caught chicken pox, but he wasn't a kid, he was an adult, and that common childhood disease can attack a man and ravage his body until he looks like a third-degree-burn victim. A small insect bite on Allan Roth's right foot made him a target for "flesh-eating strep". He shed his skin like a snake and a large area of tissue and skin was removed from his right thigh and lower abdomen. Maneater will take listeners on rounds with Dr. Nagami, where they will learn, from a safe distance, what the diseases are, what it's like to be a medical detective, and how it feels to make the medical and ethical decisions that can mean the difference between life and death. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Mystery of the Aleph Author: Amir D. Aczel Narrator: Henry Leyva Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 08-20-01 Publisher: Random House Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Toward the end of the 19th century, one of the most brilliant mathematicians in history languished in an asylum. His greatest accomplishment, the result of a series of extraordinary leaps of insight, was his pioneering understanding of the nature of infinity. From the acclaimed author of God's Equation comes The Mystery of the Aleph, the story of Georg Cantor: how he came to his theories and the reverberations of his pioneering work, the consequences of which will shape our world for the foreseeable future. The mindtwisting, deeply philosophical work of Cantor has its roots in ancient Greek mathematics and Jewish numerology as found in the mystical work known as the Kabbalah. Cantor's theory of the infinite is famous for its many seeming contradictions; for example, we can prove that in all time there are as many years as days, that there are as many points on a one-inch line as on a one-mile line. While the inspiration for Cantor's mind-twisting genius lies in the very origins of mathematics, its meaning is still being interpreted. Only in 1947 did Kurt Godel prove that Cantor's Continuum Hypothesis is independent of the rest of mathematics - and that the foundations of mathematics itself are therefore shaky. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Genius at Play Author: Siobhan Roberts Narrator: Jennifer Van Dyck Format: Unabridged Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 07-15-15 Publisher: Audible Studios for Bloomsbury Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: "Conway is a creative genius." (Martin Gardner) An unabashed original, John Horton Conway is Archimedes, Mick Jagger, Salvador Dali, and Richard Feynman all rolled into one - a singular mathematician with a rock star's charisma, a sly sense of humor, a polymath's promiscuous curiosity, and a burning desire to explain everything about the world to everyone in it. Born in Liverpool in 1937, Conway found fame as a barefoot Cambridge professor. He discovered the Conway groups in mathematical symmetry and invented the aptly named surreal numbers as well as the cult classic Game of Life - more than a cool fad, Life demonstrates how simplicity generates complexity, and the game provides an analogy for all mathematics and the entire universe. Moving to Princeton in 1987, as a mathemagician he deployed cards, ropes, dice, coat hangers, and even the odd Slinky as props to extend his winning imagination and share his mathy obsessions with signature contagion. He is a jet-setting ambassador at large for the beauties of all things mathematical. Genius at Play is an intimate investigation into the mind of an endearing genius, laying bare Conway's personal and professional idiosyncrasies. The intimacy comes courtesy of the man himself. He generously granted Roberts full access, though not without the occasional grudge and grumble: "Oh hell," he'd say. "You're not going to put that in the book. Are you?" Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: George Washington Carver Author: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge Narrator: Tim Gregory Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins Language: English Release date: 12-18-13 Publisher: YWAM Publishing Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Once a kidnapped slave baby, George Washington Carver (1864-1943) found freedom in learning everything he could about the world around him. Overcoming poverty and racism, George became a brilliant scientist and a gifted professor who dedicated his expertise to helping black farmers escape the devastating grip of poverty. George's scientific creativity knew no limits. His ingenious experimentation with peanuts and other plants helped rescue the failing Southern economy. Still remembered for his far-reaching and diverse achievements, Dr. Carver generously shared his talent simply for the reward of helping others. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Business @ the Speed of Thought Author: CEO, Microsoft), Bill Gates (Founder Narrator: Bill Gates, Roger Steffens Format: Abridged Length: 6 hrs Language: English Release date: 12-16-99 Publisher: Hachette Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: As the cofounder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Microsoft, the world's leading provider of software for personal computers, Bill Gates played a prominent role in launching the Information Age. Now this modern visionary reveals how expanding technology is propelling the business world into an exciting new economic era...how every manager can - and must - stay ahead of the curve...and how integrated information systems can help every organization achieve Business @ the Speed of Thought. This program is narrated by Roger Steffens and includes commentary by the author. ©1999 by William H. Gates, III, All Rights Reserved (P)1999 by William H. Gates, III; 16 9; 1999 Time Warner AudioBooks (Packaging Elements Only), A Division of Time Warner Trade Publishing Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Voyage of the Beagle Author: Charles Darwin Narrator: Barnaby Edwards Format: Unabridged Length: 25 hrs and 22 mins Language: English Release date: 04-08-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: I hate every wave of the ocean, the seasick Charles Darwin wrote to his family during his five-year voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle. It was this world-wide journey, however, that launched the scientists career. The Voyage of the Beagle is Darwin's fascinating account of his trip - of his biological and geological observations and collection activities, of his speculations about the causes and theories behind scientific phenomena, of his interactions with various native peoples, of his beautiful descriptions of the lands he visited, and of his amazing discoveries in the Galapagos archipelago. Although scientific in nature, the literary quality rivals those of John Muir and Henry Thoreau. Charles Robert Darwin, FRS (12 February 1809 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection. Darwin published his theory with compelling evidence for evolution in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species. By the 1870s the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact. However, many favoured competing explanations and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. In modified form, Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Robert Oppenheimer Author: Ray Monk Narrator: Michael Goldstrom Format: Unabridged Length: 35 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 05-14-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis in the race to develop the first atomic bomb a breakthrough that was to have eternal ramifications for mankind and that made Oppenheimer the Father of the Atomic Bomb. But with his actions leading up to that great achievement, he also set himself on a dangerous collision course with Senator Joseph McCarthy and his witch-hunters. In Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center, Ray Monk, author of peerless biographies of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell, goes deeper than any previous biographer in the quest to solve the enigma of Oppenheimers motivations and his complex personality. The son of German-Jewish immigrants, Oppenheimer was a man of phenomenal intellectual attributes, driven by an ambition to overcome his status as an outsider and penetrate the heart of political and social life. As a young scientist, his talent and drive allowed him to enter a community peopled by the great names of twentieth-century physics men such as Niels Bohr, Max Born, Paul Dirac, and Albert Einstein and to play a role in the laboratories and classrooms where the world was being changed forever, where the secrets of the universe, whether within atomic nuclei or collapsing stars, revealed themselves. But Oppenheimers path went beyond one of assimilation, scientific success, and world fame. The implications of the discoveries at Los Alamos weighed heavily upon this fragile and complicated man. In the 1930s, in a climate already thick with paranoia and espionage, he made suspicious connections, and in the wake of the Allied victory, his attempts to resist the escalation of the Cold War arms race led many to question his loyalties. Through compassionate investigation and with towering scholarship, Ray Monks Robert Oppenheimer tells an unforgettable story of discovery, secrecy, impossible choices, and unimaginable destruction. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It Author: The Great Courses Narrator: Professor Steven L. Goldman Format: Original Recording Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-13 Publisher: The Great Courses Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Choose one: (A) Science gives us objective knowledge of an independently existing reality, or (B) Scientific knowledge is always provisional and tells us nothing that is universal, necessary, or certain about the world. Made your choice? Welcome to the science wars. This long-running battle over the status of scientific knowledge began in ancient Greece, raged furiously among scientists, social scientists, and humanists during the 1990s, and has reemerged in today's conflict between science and religion over issues like evolution. This series of 24 lectures explores the history of competing conceptions of scientific knowledge and their implications for science and society, beginning with the onset of the Scientific Revolution in the 1600s up until today. It will provide you with an understanding of how science works that is as important as ever. Though it may seem that the accelerating pace of discoveries, inventions, and unexpected insights into nature over the centuries should secure foundations of scientific inquiry, that is far from true, as every day's headlines demonstrate. By the end of these lectures, you will understand what science is, and you will be enlightened about a fascinating problem you might not even have known existed. "There have been a raft of popular books about what scientists know," says Professor Goldman, "but to the best of my knowledge, there is not a single one of these popular books that focuses centrally on the question of how scientists know what they know." These lectures are an answer to that critical need. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Newton Author: Alexander Kennedy Narrator: Jack Nolan Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 58 mins Language: English Release date: 04-27-16 Publisher: Fritzen Publishing LLC Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Isaac Newton is one of the most influential scientists of all time. He wrote the Principia Mathematica, which transformed our understanding of the physical world; invented calculus; and was knighted by the queen of England. Enjoy the surprising and entertaining true story of Isaac Newton, and rediscover one of history's most prolific figures. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Olivia Author: Priscilla Kohutek Narrator: Priscilla Kohutek Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins Language: English Release date: 09-14-17 Publisher: White Bird Publications, LLC Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Summary: Olivia was a pioneer. The daughter of a teenage Tejana mother and an immigrant father, she blazed a trail for the modern Hispanic woman and influenced the political history of Texas. Listen to her story and enjoy the journey from her humble beginnings to the hallowed halls of Washington. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Chasing Space Author: Leland Melvin Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 05-23-17 Publisher: HarperAudio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: In this moving, inspirational memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance, and grace that align to create the opportunities for success. Leland Melvin is the only person in human history to catch a pass in the National Football League and in space. Though his path from the gridiron to the heavens was riddled with setbacks and injury, Leland persevered to reach the stars. While training with NASA, Melvin suffered a severe injury that left him deaf. Leland was relegated to earthbound assignments but chose to remain and support his astronaut family. His loyalty paid off. Recovering partial hearing, he earned his eligibility for space travel. He served as mission specialist for two flights aboard the shuttle Atlantis, working on the International Space Station. In this inspirational memoir, the former NASA astronaut and professional athlete offers an examination of the intersecting role of community, perseverance, and grace that align to shape our opportunities and outcomes. Chasing Space is not the story of one man but the story of many men, women, scientists, and mentors who helped him defy the odds and live out an uncommon destiny. As a chemist, athlete, engineer, and space traveler, Leland's life story is a study in the science of achievement. His personal insights illuminate how grit and grace are the keys to overcoming adversity and rising to success. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Chief Engineer Author: Erica Wagner Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: "I know that nothing can be done perfectly at the first trial; I also know that each day brings its little quota of experiences, which with honest intentions will lead to perfection after a while." (Washington Roebling) His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but after John Roebling's sudden death, Washington Roebling built what has become one of American's most iconic structures - as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet, as recognizable as the bridge is, its builder is too often forgotten - and his life is of interest far beyond his chosen field. It is the story of immigrants, of the frontier, of the greatest crisis in American history, and of the making of the modern world. Forty years after the publication of The Great Bridge, David McCullough's classic chronicle of how the East River was spanned, Erica Wagner has written a fascinating biography of one of America's most distinguished engineers, a man whose long life was a model of courage in the face of extraordinary adversity. Chief Engineer is enriched by Roebling's own eloquent voice, unveiled in his recently discovered memoir that was previously thought lost to history. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Einstein's Greatest Mistake Author: David Bodanis Narrator: James Adams Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins Language: English Release date: 10-18-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: From the best-selling author of E=mc2, a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of the titan of modern physics. Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped to lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life, he was also ignored by most working scientists, his ideas opposed by even his closest friends. As renowned writer David Bodanis explains in Einstein's Greatest Mistake, this stunning downfall can be traced to Einstein's earliest successes and to personal qualities that were at first his best assets. Einstein's imagination and self-confidence served him well as he sought to reveal the universe's structure, but when it came to newer revelations in the field of quantum mechanics, these same traits undermined his quest for the ultimate truth. Bodanis traces the arc of Einstein's intellectual development across his professional and personal lives, showing how Einstein's conviction in his own powers of intuition proved to be both his greatest strength and his ultimate undoing. An intimate and enlightening biography of the celebrated physicist, Einstein's Greatest Mistake reveals how much we owe Einstein today - and how much more he might have achieved if not for his all-too-human flaws. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Godfather of Silicon Valley Author: Gary Rivlin Narrator: Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 02-28-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Gary Rivlin tells the story of Ron Conway, the man who has placed more bets on Internet start-ups than anyone else in Silicon Valley. Conway is a listener-friendly way into the realm of angel financing, where independently wealthy investors link up with companies just as they are being born. The Godfather of Silicon Valley takes you into this fascinating world on the edges of the financial universe, where the pace is frantic, the story lines are rich, and every moment is perilous. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Summary: The iPhone Revolution: How Steve Jobs Changed the Way We Live Author: Ivan Fernandez Narrator: Joe Farinacci Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins Language: English Release date: 12-29-17 Publisher: Mode ON Publishing Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Ever watched a Disney movie? Or do you own an iPhone? Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Inc., CEO of Pixar, and CEO of NeXT. Widely recognized as the face of Apple Inc. and a powerful story of rags to riches, Steve Jobs was responsible for many of the devices which we are using today. Can you believe it? 20 years ago, Nokia was the world's largest phone manufacturer. Twenty years later, everything changed. Lets be honest, would you have thought that a phone with touch screen technology is possible 20 years ago? Steve Jobs, an innovative inventor and entrepreneur, unfortunately left us in 2011, but his legacy is here to last. What can we learn from a man who worked passionately till the day he died? With a deeper insight into Steve Jobs life, journey, failures and inventions, The iPhone Revolution tells the story of a genius billionaire, with chapters on: "Your time is limited. Dont waste it living someone elses life." - Steve Jobs Get a copy of The iPhone Revolution today and explore the journey of an extreme innovator. P. S. - Who you learn from and who you look up to usually influence who you become. Who do you want to become? Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Freud Author: Anthony Storr Narrator: Neville Jason Format: Abridged Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins Language: English Release date: 02-10-05 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Sigmund Freud revolutionized the way in which we think about ourselves. From its beginnings as a theory of neurosis Freud developed psychoanalysis into a general psychology, which became widely accepted as the predominant mode of discussing personality and interpersonal relationships. Anthony Storr goes one step further and investigates the status of Freud's legacy today and the disputes that surround it. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Darwin's Backyard Author: James T. Costa Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 09-05-17 Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: James T. Costa takes listeners on a journey from Darwin's youth and travels on the HMS Beagle to Down House, his bustling home of 40 years. To test his insights into evolution, Darwin devised an astonishing array of hands-on experiments using his garden and greenhouse, surrounding meadows and woodlands, even taking over the cellar, study, yard, and hallways of his home-turned-field-station. Darwin engaged his children, friends, and neighbors as assistants and encouraged fellow naturalists to follow his lead. His inventive experiments yielded universal truths about nature and evidence for his revolutionary arguments in On the Origin of Species and other watershed works. We accompany Darwin in his myriad pursuits against the backdrop of his enduring marriage, chronic illness, grief at the loss of three children, and joy in scientific revelation. At each chapter's end, Costa shows how we, too, can investigate the wonders of nature at work, with directions on how to re-create Darwin's experiments. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Snake Charmer Author: Jamie James Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 06-13-08 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: In 2001 Slowinski led a team of young scientists deep into the wilds of Burma on a final tragic expedition. Immediately after being bitten by the many-banded krait, the deadliest serpent in Asia, Joe knew his life was in grave and imminent peril. Thus began one of the most remarkable wilderness rescue attempts of modern times, as Joe's teammates kept him alive for 30 hours by mouth-to-mouth respiration. The Snake Charmer is at once a brilliant biography, a pulse-pounding adventure story, an exotic travel book, and a fascinating introduction to the bizarre world of snake science. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: The Strangest Man Author: Graham Farmelo Narrator: B. J. Harrison Format: Unabridged Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 12-01-09 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Paul Dirac was among the great scientific geniuses of the modern age. One of the discoverers of quantum mechanics, the most revolutionary theory of the past century, his contributions had a unique insight, eloquence, clarity, and mathematical power. His prediction of antimatter was one of the greatest triumphs in the history of physics. One of Einstein's most admired colleagues, Dirac was in 1933 the youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Dirac's personality is legendary. He was an extraordinarily reserved loner, relentlessly literal-minded, and appeared to have no empathy with most people. Yet he was a family man and was intensely loyal to his friends. His tastes in the arts ranged from Beethoven to Cher, from Rembrandt to Mickey Mouse. Based on previously undiscovered archives, The Strangest Man reveals the many facets of Dirac's brilliantly original mind. A compelling human story, The Strangest Man also depicts a spectacularly exciting era in scientific history. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: My Brief History Author: Stephen Hawking Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 09-10-13 Publisher: Random House Audio Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Stephen Hawking has dazzled listeners worldwide with a string of best sellers exploring the mysteries of the universe. Now, for the first time, perhaps the most brilliant cosmologist of our age turns his gaze inward for a revealing look at his own life and intellectual evolution. My Brief History recounts Stephen Hawkings improbable journey, from his postwar London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. This concise, witty, and candid account introduces listeners to a Hawking rarely glimpsed in previous books: the inquisitive schoolboy whose classmates nicknamed him Einstein; the jokester who once placed a bet with a colleague over the existence of a particular black hole; and the young husband and father struggling to gain a foothold in the world of physics and cosmology. Writing with characteristic humility and humor, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of ALS at age 21. Tracing his development as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onward through numerous intellectual breakthroughs, and talks about the genesis of his masterpiece A Brief History of Time - one of the iconic books of the 20th century. Clear-eyed, intimate, and wise, My Brief History opens a window for the rest of us into Hawkings personal cosmos. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: History in 30: The Life of Alexander Hamilton Author: Percy Bennington Narrator: Scott Clem Format: Unabridged Length: 41 mins Language: English Release date: 08-30-17 Publisher: Charles River Editors Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures Summary: What is the American Dream? Depending upon which period a person is referring to, the American Dream can shift somewhat with the changing tides of history. During the Colonial Period of the country, the United States was a bustling set of colonies, promising a second chance to all people who dared travel to her shores. The men and women who founded the United States wanted freedom from their past lives and saw the 13 colonies as their way to start over. Many of the Founding Fathers that are often discussed reached the height of president of the young republic once the Revolution was won, but the subject of their essay did not reach the pinnacle of American politics. Often overlooked until recently, due to a huge Broadway play in his name, Alexander Hamilton arguably played a larger role in American history than many presidents. Unfortunately, one of the best known aspects of Hamilton's (1755-1804) life is the manner in which he died, shot, and killed in a famous duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. But Hamilton started as an orphaned child in the West Indies before becoming one of the most instrumental Founding Fathers of the United States in that time, not only in helping draft and gain support for the US Constitution but in also leading the Federalist party and building the institutions of the young federal government as Washington's Secretary of Treasury. Hamilton is also well remembered for his authorship, along with John Jay and James Madison, of the Federalist Papers. The Federalist Papers sought to rally support for the Constitution's approval when those three anonymously wrote them, but they demonstrate how men of vastly different political ideologies came to accept the same Constitution. Born a bastard, Hamilton saw the 13 colonies as his way to making a life for himself, and through political genius, conflict, and brilliance. In the process, he left an indelible mark on the history of the United States. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Great Men and Women in the History of Medicine Author: David Angus Narrator: Benjamin Soames Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins Language: English Release date: 10-15-13 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Illness, disease and injury prompted the development of medicine from the earliest days of mankind: useful herbs, methods for treating wounds and even setting bones were passed down the generations by word of mouth. With the growth of civilization came more scientific methods, generally discovered by significant individuals. This informative and entertaining audiobook presents the major figures in the history of medicine, from Hippocrates in Ancient Greece to the Roman doctor Galen and the medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen. It also explores the Arabs Ibn Sina and Al-Razi and the start of major anatomical investigations during the Renaissance by Andreas Vesalius. The furtherance of medical knowledge grew quickly from that point with William Harvey (the circulation of the blood) and Edward Jenner (inoculation); there was growing awareness of the importance of cleanliness to prevent infection, and the discovery of penicillin and DNA was soon made. This is one of the most fascinating stories in human history and, as this audiobook shows, one of the most varied - and exciting. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com

Listen to full audiobooks for free on : https://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Hidden Figures: Katherine Johnson Author: World Watch Media Narrator: Kimberly Hughey Format: Unabridged Length: 37 mins Language: English Release date: 03-06-17 Publisher: World Watch Media Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Science & Technology Leaders Summary: Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson is one of the most important pioneers from the American space movement. She is a physicist and a research mathematician who has calculated orbits and trajectories for historic space missions. This includes the first flight to walk on the moon. In addition, she has assisted in developing navigation systems to guide astronauts through space. Without perseverance, her career may have never left the ground. A combination of her own determination to pursue her dreams and her father's push to keep his children in school helped her to overcome gender and race discrimination, leading to an exceptional life filled with professional acclamations and personal fulfillment. Katherine Coleman was born as the youngest child of four in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on August 26, 1918. Her father, Joshua, was a farmer who was employed as a janitor for extra work. Her mother, Joylette, worked as a teacher in the local community. As a young child, Katherine demonstrated early signs of being a math prodigy, counting everything from the number of steps between home and church, to the number of dishes that she had to wash. She believes that her affinity for numbers was passed down from her father, who used to divide trees by the pieces of lumber that could be sourced. One of Katherine's favorite childhood stories talks about how her father had a knack of solving arithmetic problems that stumped many of her teachers. Contact: info@hotaudiobook.com