Book description
Discover the universe's last unknowns-here are the unanswered questions that obsess "the world's finest minds" (The Guardian)Featuring a foreword by DANIEL KAHNEMAN, Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and SlowThis is a little book of profound questions (only questions!)-unknowns that address the secrets of our world, our civilization, the meaning of life. Here are the deepest riddles that have fascinated, obsessed, and haunted the greatest thinkers of our time, including Nobel laureates, cosmologists, philosophers, economists, prize-winning novelists, religious scholars, and more than 250 leading scientists, artists, and theorists. In The Last Unknowns, John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, asks "a mind-blowing gathering of innovative thinkers" (Booklist): "What is 'The Last Question,' your last question, the question for which you will be remembered?"Featuring the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel JARED DIAMOND Nobel Prize-winning University of Chicago economist RICHARD THALER Harvard psychologist STEVEN PINKER religion scholar ELAINE PAGELS author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics CARLO ROVELLI Booker Prize-winning novelist IAN McEWAN neuroscientist SAM HARRIS philosopher DANIEL C. DENNETT MIT theorist SHERRY TURKLE decoder of the human genome J. CRAIG VENTER The Coddling of the American Mind author JONATHAN HAIDT Nobel Prize-winning physicist FRANK WILCZEK UC Berkeley psychologist ALISON GOPNICK philosopher REBECCA NEWBERGER GOLDSTEIN New York Times columnist CARL ZIMMER MIT cosmologist MAX TEGMARK Whole Earth founder STEWART BRAND "Marginal Revolution" economist TYLER COWEN Anatomy of Love author HELEN FISHER Noble Prize-winning NASA physicist JOHN C. MATHER psychologist JUDITH RICH HARRIS Princeton physicist FREEMAN DYSON musician BRIAN ENO environmental scientist JENNIFER JACQUET Duke economist DAN ARIELY Oxford philosopher A. C. GRAYLING Harvard cosmologist LISA RANDALL anthropologist MARY CATHERINE BATESON Emotional Intelligence author DANIEL GOLEMAN Harvard genticist GEORGE CHURCH Blueprint author NICHOLAS A. CHRISTAKIS Stanford political scientist MARGARET LEVI economist ALAN S. BLINDER publisher TIM O'REILLY theoretical cosmologist JANNA LEVIN Serpentine Gallery owner HANS ULRICH OBRIST Wired founding editor KEVIN KELLY Cambridge astrophysicist MARTIN REES, and more than 200 others.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience