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Título: El ser humano I

Autor: Juan Romay

Narrador: Ramón Fernández de Castro

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 44 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 12-03-14

Editor: Audiomol

Categorías: Science & Technology, Biology

Resumen del editor:

Este audiolibro recoge: - Cómo se forma un ser humano - Cómo son las células - El ADN - Qué es la sangre.

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Título: La contaminación

Autor: Juan Romay

Narrador: Ramón Fernández de Castro

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 24 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 12-03-14

Editor: Audiomol

Categorías: Science & Technology, Biology

Resumen del editor:

La atmósfera: Composición, evolución, alteraciones. El smog. Las industrias más contaminantes: Las energéticas. Los compuestos que liberan los aerosoles. Contaminación: Causas naturales. Efectos de la contaminación: Lluvia ácida, los CFC...

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Título: El agua

Autor: Juan Romay

Narrador: Ramón Fernández de Castro

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 29 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 12-03-14

Editor: Audiomol

Categorías: Science & Technology, Biology

Resumen del editor:

El agua en nuestro planeta. Composición del agua. Procesos en los que interviene. Localización. Densidad del agua: el hielo. El agua y la vida: desiertos, selvas... El agua y el hombre: el ser humano, la industria...El agua, no cabe duda, es el elemento más importante para la vida, además de ser el más abundante en la superficie terrestre. Es un compuesto con características muy especiales. El agua constituye una parte importante de los seres vivos. Es un elemento que podemos encontrarlo en la naturaleza en estado sólido, líquido y gaseoso. El agua experimenta un ciclo hidrológico que se está viendo afectado por el crecimiento demográfico desmedido y el uso masivo por parte de la agricultura. La escasez de agua será uno de los grandes desafíos del siglo XXI.

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Título: Biodiversidad y cartografia

Autor: Juan Romay

Narrador: Ramón Fernandez de Castro

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 43 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 12-03-14

Editor: Audiomol

Categorías: Science & Technology, Biology

Resumen del editor:

La biodiversidad: El ciudadano urbano, ajeno a los ritmos naturales, tiene la impresión de haberse independizado de la vida silvestre. La realidad es otra. En el día a día, utilizamos multitud de productos cuyo origen está en las plantas y animales silvestres. En las selvas tropicales se encierra la mayor diversidad biológica del planeta. Sin embargo, la extensión de las actividades del Homo Sapiens y su avidez por explotar su entorno hasta el total agotamiento de este hacen que la diversidad biológica corra un peligro constante. Si queremos mantener la biodiversidad, hemos de respetar los procesos. La cartografía: Es la ciencia de los mapas: la representación en una una superficie plana de la superficie esférica de la Tierra y otros planetas. Historia de los mapas. Noción de Tierra esférica. El primer cartógrafo, Anaximandro. El mapa de Hecateo. Eratóstenes y la medida del Ecuador. Hiparco de Rodas: el sistema sexagesimal. Los mapas de Tolomeo. Los mapas en el Islam: Al Idrisi. Cristóbal Colón. Martin Waldseemuller. Origen del nombre América. Proyección Mercator. Diferentes proyecciones. Euler. UTM. La cartografía moderna. Técnicas de posicionamiento.

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Título: El calor y el sol

Autor: Juan Romay

Narrador: Ramón Fernández de Castro

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 55 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 12-03-14

Editor: Audiomol

Categorías: Science & Technology, Biology

Resumen del editor:

Influencia de los cambios de temperatura en los seres vivos. Adaptación de la vida terrestre a los diferentes hábitat del planeta. La Termodinámica estudia el movimiento del calor. Leyes de la Termodinámica: una de las bases más sólidas de la Ciencia. Primera Ley de la Termodinámica. Segunda Ley de la Termodinámica. ¿Por qué se calientan los objetos? ¿Por qué se producen los cambios en el Universo. Origen del Sistema Solar: hace unos 5.000 millones de años. Teorías sobre su composición. El Sistema Solar: masa, planetas que la componen, satélites,... Futuro del Sistema Solar: evolución del sol, del resto de las estrellas de otras galaxias,... El Sol es una más de entre las miles de estrellas que pueblan nuestra Galaxia. Características del Sol: dimensión, distancias, masa, temperatura,... La energía del Sol. Principal elemento químico: el hidrógeno. Los átomos de helio. Fusión nuclear. El Sol y la Tierra: la Tierra absorbe parte de las radiaciones solares y refleja el resto. El mar. El Sol y la vida: el reino vegetal aprovecha directamente la energía del Sol; el hombre lo hace de diversas maneras.

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Title: Meadowland

Author: John Lewis-Stempel

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-14

Publisher: Soundings

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

Publisher's Summary:

Meadowland gives a unique and intimate account of an English meadows life from January to December, together with its biography.

In exquisite prose, John Lewis-Stempel records the passage of the seasons from cowslips in spring to the hay-cutting of summer and grazing in autumn, and includes the biographies of the animals that inhabit the grass and the soil beneath: the badger clan, the fox family, the rabbit warren, the skylark brood and the curlew pair, among others. Their births, lives, and deaths are stories that thread through the book from first page to last.

Members Reviews:

England oh Albion

To live in England & not see the country would be a great shame, hence have this as your trip to England.

Frustrating read.

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The mismatch between the reader's performance style and the text.

While this is not a contender for a contemporary classic of nature writing, (John Lewis-Stempel is ok but no polished, prose stylist) the first person perspective is an engaging landsman's account based upon diary entries and is full of little treasures.

Unfortunately David Thorpe is miscast. His rather emphatic, workmanly rendition sounds like a youthful townie rather than the mature countryman writing about deep connection to place and regional context. There's a prevailing sense of tonal inauthenticity throughout I found difficult to ignore.

I suspect a modest authorial lyricism is also somewhat submerged by this reading. I'm not looking for a Hovis voice-over, but the soul of Mr. Lewis Stempel is that of an authentic contemporary son of the soil, and his account balances unsentimental truth with an admiration for the visionary perspective offered by predecessors picking up pen as plough. So there's a gentle grace to it which has been somewhat downplayed in this particular audio version. Pity.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Meadowland?

At one point the author is obliged to reap the field using a scythe. The spirit of the experience is beautifully captured I thought.

Would you be willing to try another one of David Thorpes performances?

Yes, but only if I thought the type of book was compatible with his style.

Was Meadowland worth the listening time?

Certainly.

Any additional comments?

Fans of this sort of stuff would probably be better off reading the book for themselves.

Compromised

My listening was marred by repeated sections and sentences sounding as if bad editing clipped the start of the first word (I played it at x1). Book took-off when about animals, but for me 'earthed' when about plants. This is when then book could so much have gained by having illustrations.

The wonders of nature spoilt by the narrator

Note to narrator: This is a story about the wonders of the English countryside, not an episode of Top Gear.

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Title: The Cancer Chronicles

Subtitle: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery

Author: George Johnson

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-14

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

Publisher's Summary:

When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it.

What he discovered is that a revolution is now under way - an explosion of new ideas about what cancer really is and where it comes from. He combs through the realms of epidemiology, clinical trials, laboratory experiments and scientific hypotheses, to reveal what we know and dont know about cancer, showing why a cure remains such a slippery concept. His luminous accounts describe tumors that evolve like alien creatures inside the body, paleo-oncologists who uncover petrified tumors clinging to the skeletons of dinosaurs and ancient human ancestors, and the surprising reversals in sciences comprehension of the causes of cancer, with the foods we eat and environmental toxins playing a lesser role. Perhaps most fascinating of all is how cancer borrows natural processes involved in the healing of a wound or the unfolding of a human embryo and turns them against the body.

Throughout his pursuit, Johnson illuminates the human experience with elegiac grace, bearing witness to the punishing gauntlet of consultations, surgeries, targeted therapies, and other treatments. Provocative and intellectually vibrant, The Cancer Chronicles will challenge everything you thought you knew about the disease and provide hope for tomorrow and the future.

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Title: Wild London

Subtitle: Sounds of the City's Wildlife

Author: Cheryl Tipp

Narrator: Fiona McCarthy

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-27-14

Publisher: The British Library

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

Publisher's Summary:

The city of London is brimming with wildlife treats for the eye and ear and this audio download invites the listener to tune into that wild side. London is home to a wide variety of wild animals, from birds and mammals to amphibians and insects.

From renowned spectacles such as the Red Deer rut in Richmond Park to more everyday sights and sounds, such as Red Foxes patrolling our streets after dark, London offers a diverse range of potential wildlife encounters. This collection of 29 recordings features the sounds of some of the animals that share the capital with us, including the Grey Squirrel, Rind-necked Parakeet and of course the ubiquitous Feral Pigeon.

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Title: The Blackbird

Subtitle: Sound Portraits of the Blackbird in Song

Author: Cheryl Tipp

Narrator: Fiona McCarthy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-27-14

Publisher: The British Library

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

Publisher's Summary:

The blackbird is one of the most familiar of all British birds and its song is a great favourite. Enjoy the beautiful melodies created by this much-loved songbird in the British Library's new collection of recordings, which reveal the extraordinary virtuosity, splendour, and magic of its song.

From the poet Edward Thomas to the Beatles, the blackbird has been an inspiration to writers, composers, and the wider public for many centuries. The recordings that form this audio download have been sourced from across Europe to ensure the highest possible quality, show why, and offer a compilation of sound portraits that promises hours of listening pleasure. A wonderful listening experience for anyone interested in birdsong.

Members Reviews:

so relaxing

no story, just the beautiful song of the blackbird. Also, the background sounds add to the feeling of being amongst nature - wood pigeons, a flog of geese, flying insects. There's even some distant church bells.

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Title: Tajna chelovecheskogo mozga [The Secrets of the Human Brain]

Author: Natal'ja Epifanova

Narrator: Eugene Tarasov

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-19-14

Publisher: New Internet Technologies

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

Publisher's Summary:

Znaete li vy, na chto sposoben nash mozg? Kakoj kolossal'nyj potencial skryt v ego glubinah? Slozhno predstavit', no potencial'no genial'nost' est' v kazhdom iz nas. Nado tol'ko najti zavetnyj kljuch k skrytym vozmozhnostjam. V jetoj knige my priotkroem zavesu tainstvennosti, rasskazav o samyh neobychnyh sposobnostjah mozga. Vy uznaete o paradokse geniev i gromkih razoblachenijah. Nauchites' upravljat' svoim uspehom i dazhe sumeete obmanut' svoj mozg!

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