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Astronomy : The Heavenly Challenge
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Astronomy : The Heavenly Challenge

Author : Jack Arnold
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc
Duration : 3 hours
Type : Ancient
Biographical
World
Self Help
Download Price : $12.95
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As optics improved, man began to see the solar system. Tycho Brahe in Denmark,
Nicolaus Copernicus of Poland, Johannes Kepler of Germany, and Italy's Galileo Galilei all began
to see a new relationship between the world and the stars. Their questions, and their non-religious
answers, toppled the idea that manand the Churchare at the center of the universe.

The Science and Discovery series recreates history's four-thousand-year journey of scientific progress.
Science has often challenged and upset conventional wisdom. This is a story of vested interests and
independent thinkers, experiments and theories, change and progress. Aristotle, Copernicus, Kepler,
Galileo, Newton, Darwin, and Einstein all make appearances.

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Last Voyage Of Columbus, The

Last Voyage Of Columbus, The

Author : Martin Dugard
Performed By : Simon Jones
Published By - Hachette Audio
Duration : 6 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers
Historical
World
Pre 1900
Biographical
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The epic, never-before-told story of Columbus’s final, and perhaps greatest journey. More info...
Life of Oscar Wilde, The

Life of Oscar Wilde, The

Author : Hesketh Pearson
Performed By : Simon Russell Beale
Published By - Select Music & Distribution
Duration : 3 hours 35 minutes
Type : Arts & Drama
Biographical
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The remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in the English language. More info...
Talking of History Number 1: Henry VIII and the Death of the Monasteries

Talking of History Number 1: Henry VIII and the Death of the Monasteries

Author : Berwick Coates
Performed By : Berwick Coates
Published By - Berwick Coates
Duration : 47 minutes
Type : Pre 1900
Biographical
Royalty and Heads of State
Historical
Social & Economic
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The End of the First National Welfare System. In less than fifty months, Henry VIII and his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, swept away the monasteries... More info...
Natural Science and the Planet Earth

Natural Science and the Planet Earth

Author : Dr. Jack Sommer
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc
Duration : 3 hours
Type : Ancient
Biographical
World
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Among the greatest natural historians was Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), who influenced Goethe, Darwin, and America's leading naturalists. Humboldt's Cosmos, published in five volumes from 184... More info...
Isaac Newton's New Physics

Isaac Newton's New Physics

Author : Dr. Gordon Brittan
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc
Duration : 3 hours
Type : Historical
Biographical
Self Help
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Isaac Newton (1642-1727) achieved momentous breakthroughs in three areas: mathematics (the calculus), a theory of colors, and gravitational attraction. His first insights in each of these areas occ... More info...