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Natural Science and the Planet Earth
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Natural Science and the Planet Earth

Written By : Dr. Jack Sommer
Narrated By : Edwin Newman
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient
Biographical
World
Price : $12.95
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Alexander Von Humboldt and others sparked a centuries-long debate about natural
history and geological destiny by discussing what today we call the environment. Some now
believe the earth cannot safely accommodate its growing burdens; others say longer life spans and
more people are signs of progress. Are humans destroying the earth, or building a better world? Will
the future bring despair and destructionor hope and improvement?

The Science and Discovery series recreates history's four thousand year journey to better understand
the world through scientific means. It is a story of vested interests and independent thinkers, experiments
and theories, change and progress.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Persian War, The

Written By : Herodotus
Narrated By : Roy Marsden
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 4 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
Ancient
Price : $15.49
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Written By : Dr. Paul M. Heidger and Richard Eimas
Narrated By : Edwin Newman
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Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient
Historical
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Though medical science began with the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, dissection, and the study of the human body was prohibited for religious reasons until the Renaissance. In 1623, William H... More info...
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Written By : Professor John T. Sanders
Narrated By : Edwin Newman
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient
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Written By : Dr. Jack Sanders
Narrated By : Edwin Newman
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient
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