Tag: Discovering

March 25, 2023

Extreme Longevity Discovering Earth’s Oldest Organisms

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Free Download Karen Latchana Kenney, "Extreme Longevity: Discovering Earth’s Oldest Organisms"
English | ISBN: 1512483729 | 2018 | pages | EPUB | 15 MB
Meet the science experts who study specimens of extreme longevity in both the plant and animal kingdoms, such as the 80,000-year-old root system of Pando (a colony of male quaking aspens), 11,000-year-old deep-sea sponges, and 400-year-old sharks. Learn about technologies used to determine age and longevity, including DNA sampling, growth rings, and radiocarbon dating. See how scientists located these long-lived species were and why and how they resist disease and aging. And delve into how scientists are using what they know about aged plants and animals to research how we can promote longevity in humans.

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March 12, 2023

Saving Time Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock [Audiobook]

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Free Download Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B63ZW79P | 2023 | 11 hours and 27 minutes | [email protected] kbps | 314 MB
Author: Jenny Odell
Narrator: Kristen Sieh
We are living on the wrong clock, and it is destroying us. The New York Times bestselling author offers us different ways to experience time in this dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book. Odell took a deep dive into the fundamental structure of our society and found that the clock we live by was built for profit, not people. This is why our lives, even in leisure, have come to seem like a series of moments to be bought, sold, and processed ever more efficiently. Odell shows us how our painful relationship to time is inextricably connected not only to persisting social inequities but to the climate crisis, existential dread, and a lethal fatalism.

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March 12, 2023

Discovering the Vedas Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights [Audiobook]

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Free Download Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights (Audiobook)
English | August 16, 2019 | ASIN: B07WGWD5VW | [email protected] kbps | 10h 11m | 560 MB
Author: Frits Staal | Narrator: B Andrew
"This is a remarkable book. It untangles the many complexities of the Vedas and combines Staal’s scholarly respect for the texts, with explanations that are lucid and occasionally witty. His insights are thoughtful and perceptive." (Romila Thapar)
In this unprecedented guide to the Vedas, Frits Staal, the celebrated author of Agni: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar and Universals: Studies in Indian Logic and Linguistics examines almost every aspect of these ancient sources of indic civilisation. Staal extracts concrete information from the oral tradition and archaeology about Vedic people and their language, what they thought and did, and where they went and when. He provides essential information about the Vedas and includes selections and translations. Staal sheds light on mantras and rituals that contributed to what came to be known as Hinduism.

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March 8, 2023

Saving Time Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock

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Free Download Jenny Odell, "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock"
English | ISBN: 059324270X | 2023 | EPUB | 400 pages | 50 MB
We are living on the wrong clock, and it is destroying us. The New York Times bestselling author of How to Do Nothing offers us different ways to experience time in this dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book.

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