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.
Editor and Author
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...
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Author : Hesketh Pearson
Performed By : Simon Russell Beale
Published By - Select Music & Distribution
Duration : 3 hours 35 minutes
Type : Arts & Drama Biographical
Download Price : $15.49
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...
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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
Download Price : $8.49
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...
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Author : Dr. Jack Sommer
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc
Duration : 3 hours
Type : Ancient Biographical World
Download Price : $12.95
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...
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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...
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