
The Earth
A Very Short Introduction
カートのアイテムが多すぎます
カートに追加できませんでした。
ウィッシュリストに追加できませんでした。
ほしい物リストの削除に失敗しました。
ポッドキャストのフォローに失敗しました
ポッドキャストのフォロー解除に失敗しました
Audible会員プラン 無料体験
-
ナレーター:
-
Diane Cardea
-
著者:
-
Martin Redfern
このコンテンツについて
Around 30 years ago, two things happened that were to revolutionize the understanding of our home planet. First, geologists realized that the continents themselves were drifting across the surface of the globe and that oceans were being created and destroyed. Secondly, pictures of the entire planet were returned from space. Suddenly, the Earth began to be viewed as a single entity; a dynamic, interacting whole, controlled by complex processes we scarcely understood.
This Introduction audiobook explores emerging geological research and explains how new advances in the understanding of plate tectonics, seismology, and satellite imagery have enabled us to begin to see the Earth as it actually is: dynamic and ever-changing.
©2003 Martin Redfern (P)2021 Tantorこちらもおすすめ
-
The English Language
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Simon Horobin
- ナレーター: Shaun Grindell
- 再生時間: 4 時間 44 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Horobin investigates how we have arrived at the English we know today and celebrates the way new speakers and new uses mean that it continues to adapt. Engaging with contemporary concerns about correctness, Horobin considers whether such changes are improvements or evidence of slipping standards.
著者: Simon Horobin
-
Evolution
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth
- ナレーター: Kevin Young
- 再生時間: 4 時間 50 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Brian and Deborah Charlesworth provide a clear and concise summary of the process of evolution by natural selection, and how natural selection gives rise to adaptations and eventually, over many generations, to new species. They introduce the central concepts of the field of evolutionary biology, as they have developed since Darwin and Wallace on the subject, over 140 years ago, and discuss some of the remaining questions regarding processes.
著者: Brian Charlesworth, 、その他
-
Brilliant Green
- The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence
- 著者: Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola, Michael Pollan - foreword, 、その他
- ナレーター: Mike Chamberlain
- 再生時間: 4 時間 36 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and inert: they are too silent, too sedentary - just too different from us. Yet discoveries over the past 50 years have challenged these ideas, shedding new light on the extraordinary capabilities and complex interior lives of plants.
著者: Stefano Mancuso, 、その他
-
Ecology
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Jaboury Ghazoul
- ナレーター: Dennis Kleinman
- 再生時間: 4 時間 36 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
This Very Short Introduction audiobook celebrates the centrality of ecology in our lives. Jaboury Ghazoul explores how ecology has evolved rapidly from natural history to become a predictive science that explains how the natural world works and which guides environmental policy and management decisions.
著者: Jaboury Ghazoul
-
Geology
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Jan Zalasiewicz
- ナレーター: Eric Martin
- 再生時間: 4 時間 15 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Jan Zalasiewicz gives a brief introduction to the fascinating field of geology. Describing how the science developed from its early beginnings, he looks at some of the key discoveries that have transformed it before delving into its various subfields, such as sedimentology, tectonics, and stratigraphy.
著者: Jan Zalasiewicz
-
Hyperspace
- A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension
- 著者: Michio Kaku
- ナレーター: Tim Lounibos
- 再生時間: 14 時間 12 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku offers the first book-length tour of the most exciting (and perhaps most bizarre) work in modern physics.
著者: Michio Kaku
-
The English Language
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Simon Horobin
- ナレーター: Shaun Grindell
- 再生時間: 4 時間 44 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Horobin investigates how we have arrived at the English we know today and celebrates the way new speakers and new uses mean that it continues to adapt. Engaging with contemporary concerns about correctness, Horobin considers whether such changes are improvements or evidence of slipping standards.
著者: Simon Horobin
-
Evolution
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth
- ナレーター: Kevin Young
- 再生時間: 4 時間 50 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Brian and Deborah Charlesworth provide a clear and concise summary of the process of evolution by natural selection, and how natural selection gives rise to adaptations and eventually, over many generations, to new species. They introduce the central concepts of the field of evolutionary biology, as they have developed since Darwin and Wallace on the subject, over 140 years ago, and discuss some of the remaining questions regarding processes.
著者: Brian Charlesworth, 、その他
-
Brilliant Green
- The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence
- 著者: Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola, Michael Pollan - foreword, 、その他
- ナレーター: Mike Chamberlain
- 再生時間: 4 時間 36 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and inert: they are too silent, too sedentary - just too different from us. Yet discoveries over the past 50 years have challenged these ideas, shedding new light on the extraordinary capabilities and complex interior lives of plants.
著者: Stefano Mancuso, 、その他
-
Ecology
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Jaboury Ghazoul
- ナレーター: Dennis Kleinman
- 再生時間: 4 時間 36 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
This Very Short Introduction audiobook celebrates the centrality of ecology in our lives. Jaboury Ghazoul explores how ecology has evolved rapidly from natural history to become a predictive science that explains how the natural world works and which guides environmental policy and management decisions.
著者: Jaboury Ghazoul
-
Geology
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Jan Zalasiewicz
- ナレーター: Eric Martin
- 再生時間: 4 時間 15 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Jan Zalasiewicz gives a brief introduction to the fascinating field of geology. Describing how the science developed from its early beginnings, he looks at some of the key discoveries that have transformed it before delving into its various subfields, such as sedimentology, tectonics, and stratigraphy.
著者: Jan Zalasiewicz
-
Hyperspace
- A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension
- 著者: Michio Kaku
- ナレーター: Tim Lounibos
- 再生時間: 14 時間 12 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku offers the first book-length tour of the most exciting (and perhaps most bizarre) work in modern physics.
著者: Michio Kaku
-
The History of Life
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Michael J. Benton
- ナレーター: Peter Larkin
- 再生時間: 5 時間 12 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Here is the extraordinary story of the unfolding of life on Earth, told by Michael J. Benton, a world-renowned authority on biodiversity. Ranging over four billion years, Benton weaves together the latest findings on fossils, earth history, evolutionary biology, and many other fields to highlight the great leaps that enabled life to evolve from microbe to human - big breakthroughs that made whole new ways of life possible - including cell division and multicellularity, hard skeletons, the move to land, the origin of forests, the move to the air.
-
Samurai
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Michael Wert
- ナレーター: Eric Jason Martin
- 再生時間: 3 時間 58 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
This book traces the samurai throughout history, exploring their roles in watershed events such as Japan's invasions of Korea at the close of the 16th century and the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. Coming alive in these accounts are the samurai, both famed and ordinary, who shaped Japanese history.
著者: Michael Wert
-
The Nature of Plants
- An Introduction to How Plants Work
- 著者: Craig N. Huegel
- ナレーター: Tom Parks
- 再生時間: 8 時間 46 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Plants play a critical role in how we experience our environment. They create calming green spaces, provide oxygen for us to breathe, and nourish our senses. In The Nature of Plants, ecologist and nursery owner Craig Huegel demystifies the complex lives of plants and provides listeners with an extensive tour into their workings.
著者: Craig N. Huegel
-
The Meaning of Life
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Terry Eagleton
- ナレーター: Jay Snyder
- 再生時間: 3 時間 24 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The phrase "the meaning of life" for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited Very Short Introduction, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the question and offers his own surprising answer.
著者: Terry Eagleton
-
The Premonition
- A Novel
- 著者: Banana Yoshimoto
- ナレーター: Kathleen Li
- 再生時間: 3 時間 29 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Yayoi, a nineteen-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino.
著者: Banana Yoshimoto
-
Climate Change
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Mark Maslin
- ナレーター: Gareth Richards
- 再生時間: 4 時間 40 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
This Very Short Introduction audiobooks draws on the very latest science from the 2021 IPCC Report, examining the evidence that climate change is already happening and discussing its potential catastrophic impacts in the future. Mark Maslin also explores the geopolitics of climate change and the win-win solutions we can employ to avoid the very worst effects of climate change. Throughout, he demonstrates how we must develop new modes of thinking for the 21st century at individual, corporate, and government levels to collectively tackle the challenge of climate change.
著者: Mark Maslin
-
The Power of Now
- A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
- 著者: Eckhart Tolle
- ナレーター: Eckhart Tolle
- 再生時間: 7 時間 37 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
It’s no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces listeners to enlightenment and its natural enemy, the mind.
-
-
POWER OF NOWという題名のような力強さはあまり感じなかったこと
- 投稿者: Amazon カスタマー 日付: 2025/04/18
著者: Eckhart Tolle
-
History
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: John H. Arnold
- ナレーター: Richard Davidson
- 再生時間: 4 時間 43 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell or where those stories end. John Arnold's addition to Oxford's popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand history.
著者: John H. Arnold
-
Becoming Supernatural
- How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon
- 著者: Joe Dispenza
- ナレーター: Adam Boyce
- 再生時間: 14 時間 6 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The author of the New York Times best seller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives. Becoming Supernatural marries the some of the most profound scientific information with ancient wisdom to show how people like you and me can experience a more mystical life.
著者: Joe Dispenza
-
Dinosaurs
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: David Norman
- ナレーター: Patrick Lawlor
- 再生時間: 5 時間 15 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, David Norman discusses how dinosaurs were first discovered and interpreted and how our understanding of them has changed over the past 200 years. He looks at some of the amazing discoveries that have enabled us to gain new and unexpected insights into dinosaurs as animals with natural histories and behaviors and considers some of the biggest questions in dinosaur biology, such as the implications of them having warm blood.
著者: David Norman
-
改訂版 究極のビジネス英語リスニングVol.3
- 著者: アルク
- ナレーター: アルク
- 再生時間: 1 時間 24 分
- 簡易版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
ドラマ仕立てのストーリーで、白熱するビジネスの現場をリアルに体験
著者: アルク
-
Cosmology
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Peter Coles
- ナレーター: Nick Sullivan
- 再生時間: 4 時間 32 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Written in simple and accessible language, this nontechnical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. In addition, the author discusses the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter.
著者: Peter Coles
-
Practicing the Power of Now
- Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises From The Power of Now
- 著者: Eckhart Tolle
- ナレーター: Eckhart Tolle
- 再生時間: 2 時間 56 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Practicing the Power of Now is a carefully arranged series of excerpts from the The Power of Now that directly gives us those exercises and keys. Return to those words, reflect on the words, reflect even on the space between the words and - maybe over time, maybe immediately - you'll discover something of life-changing significance.
-
-
The guide to enlightment
- 投稿者: Jon Per Persent 日付: 2020/12/17
著者: Eckhart Tolle
-
Human Evolution, 2nd Edition
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Bernard Wood
- ナレーター: Mike Cooper
- 再生時間: 3 時間 45 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The study of human evolution is advancing rapidly. Newly discovered fossil evidence is adding ever more pieces to the puzzle of our past, while revolutionary technological advances in the study of ancient DNA are completely reshaping theories of early human populations and migrations. In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard Wood traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the 18th century to the very latest fossil finds.
著者: Bernard Wood
-
Renewable Energy
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Nick Jelley
- ナレーター: Danny Campbell
- 再生時間: 4 時間 27 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Energy is vital for a good standard of living, and much of the world's population does not have enough. Affordable and adequate sources of power that do not cause climate change or pollution are crucial; and renewables provide the answer. Wind and solar farms can now provide the cheapest electricity in many parts of the world. Moreover, they could provide all of the world's energy needs.
著者: Nick Jelley
-
What Is Life?
- Five Great Ideas in Biology
- 著者: Paul Nurse
- ナレーター: Paul Nurse
- 再生時間: 5 時間 6 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
The renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every listener can understand. It is a shared journey of discovery; step-by-step Nurse illuminates five great ideas that underpin biology - the Cell, the Gene, Evolution by Natural Selection, Life as Chemistry, and Life as Information.
-
-
わかりやすい。生物、遺伝と人生の勉強になる
- 投稿者: しの 日付: 2021/10/28
著者: Paul Nurse
-
Linguistics
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: P.H. Matthews
- ナレーター: James Conlan
- 再生時間: 3 時間 28 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Linguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries and the most important problems are found. Rather than following the conventional organization of many contemporary introductions to the subject, the author of this stimulating guide begins his discussion with the oldest, "arts" end of the subject and moves chronologically through to the newest research - the "science" aspects.
著者: P.H. Matthews
-
Biodiversity Conservation
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: David W. Macdonald
- ナレーター: David W. Macdonald
- 再生時間: 7 時間 37 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Biodiversity, the diversity of life, is not only fascinating and beautiful, it is the engine of all the world's natural cycles, and the source of many of the resources on which humanity depends. Concern about biodiversity conservation is, therefore, not merely the preoccupation of a few enthusiastic naturalists—it is the lifeline business of everybody.
-
Christianity
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Linda Woodhead
- ナレーター: Jennifer Van Dyck
- 再生時間: 4 時間 35 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new edition includes up-to-date information on the growth and geographical spread of Eastern Christianity, reflecting the global nature of Christianity in our ever-shifting contemporary culture.
著者: Linda Woodhead
-
The Bible
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: John Riches
- ナレーター: Jennifer Van Dyck
- 再生時間: 4 時間 42 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
This Very Short Introduction looks at the importance accorded to the bible by different communities and cultures and attempts to explain why it has generated such a rich variety of uses and interpretations. It explores how the Bible was written, the development of the canon, the role of biblical criticism, the appropriation of the bible in high and popular culture, and its use for political ends.
著者: John Riches
-
The History of Astronomy
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Michael Hoskin
- ナレーター: Marc Vietor
- 再生時間: 3 時間 47 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
This is a fascinating introduction to the history of Western astronomy, from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid-19th century. Historical records are first found in Babylon and Egypt, and after two millennia the arithmetical astronomy of the Babylonians merged with the Greek geometrical approach to culminate in the Almagest of Ptolemy. This legacy was transmitted to the Latin West via Islam and led to Copernicus's claim that the Earth is in motion.
著者: Michael Hoskin
-
The History of Political Thought
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Richard Whatmore
- ナレーター: Jonathan Cowley
- 再生時間: 4 時間 40 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Thinking about politics has tended to be historical in nature because of the comparisons and contrasts that can be drawn between past and present. Different periods in politics have used the past differently. At times, political thought can be said to have been drawn directly from the study of history; at others, perhaps including our own time, the relationship is more indirect.
著者: Richard Whatmore
-
The European Union
- A Very Short Introduction, 4th edition
- 著者: John Pinder, Simon Usherwood
- ナレーター: Mike Cooper
- 再生時間: 4 時間 20 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
In this fully updated fourth edition, Pinder and Usherwood cover the migrant crisis and the UK's decision to leave the Union, set in the context of a body that is now involved in most areas of public policy. Discussing how the EU continues to draw in new members, they conclude by considering the future of the Union and the choices and challenges that may lie ahead.
著者: John Pinder, 、その他
-
Black Holes
- A Very Short Introduction
- 著者: Katherine Blundell
- ナレーター: Leila Birch
- 再生時間: 3 時間 11 分
- 完全版
-
総合評価
-
ナレーション
-
ストーリー
Black holes are a constant source of fascination to many due to their mysterious nature. This Very Short Introduction audiobook addresses a variety of questions, including what a black hole actually is, how they are characterized and discovered, and what would happen if you came too close to one.