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Fresh Air, Dr. Samuel Barondes and Rosanne Cash, Hörbuch, Digital, 50min
Neuroscientist Dr. Samuel Barondes talks about the next generation of antidepressants and singer Rosanne Cash talks about her new album and the recent death of her step mother, June Carter Cash, on this edition of Fresh Air. Dr. Samuel Barondes is Professor and Director of the Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry at the University of California. He's also the author of the new book, Better than Prozac: Creating the Next Generation of Psychiatric Drugs. In the book he traces the history, analyses the effectiveness of the current crop of antidepressants and considers the drugs of the future. In the summer of 1998, Rosanne Cash began work on her new album Roads of Travel but shortly after she learned she was pregnant and lost her voice, because of a polyp on her vocal chord. In 2000 she resumed work on the album and it was released in March. It includes a duet with her father, Johnny Cash. Other guest vocalists include Sheryl Crow and Steve Earle. Last month, Cash's stepmother June Cash died. (Broadcast Date: June 23, 2003) Language: English. Narrator: Terry Gross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/whyy/030623/rt_whyy_030623_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century, Hörbuch, Digital, 473min
A brilliant ensemble of the world's most visionary scientists provides 25 original never-before-published essays about the advances in science and technology that we may see within our lifetimes.Theoretical physicist and best selling author Paul Davies examines the likelihood that by the year 2050 we will be able to establish a continuing human presence on Mars. Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi investigates the ramifications of engineering high-IQ, genetically happy babies.Psychiatrist Nancy Etcoff explains current research into the creation of emotion-sensing jewelry that could gauge our moods and tell us when to take an anti-depressant pill. Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explores the probability that we will soon be able to obtain a genome printout that predicts our natural end for the same cost as a chest x-ray. (Will we want to read it? And will insurance companies and governments have access to it?) This fascinating and unprecedented book explores not only the practical possibilities of the near future, but also the social and political ramifications of the developments of the strange new world to come.Includes original essays by: Lee Smolin, Martin Rees, Ian Stewart, Brian Goodwin, Marc D. Hauser, Alison Gopnik, Paul Bloom, Geoffrey Miller, Robert M. Sapolsky, Steven Strogatz, Stuart Kauffman, John H. Holland, Rodney Brooks, Peter Atkins, Roger C. Schank, Jaron Lanier, David Gelernter, Joseph LeDoux, Judith Rich Harris, Samuel Barondes, and Paul W. Ewald.The Next Fifty Years is also available in print from Vintage. Language: English. Narrator: Henry Leyva, Jennifer Wiltsie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000083/bk_rhau_000083_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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