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What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night Audiobook, by John Brockman Play Audiobook Sample

What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night Audiobook

What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night Audiobook, by John Brockman Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Peter Berkrot, Antony Ferguson, Michelle Ford, Jo Anna Perrin, various narrators Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 9.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 6.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: February 2014 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781452689159

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

154

Longest Chapter Length:

10:26 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

28 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

05:24 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

11
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Publisher Description

John Brockman, editor of This Will Make You Smarter, presents his latest thought-provoking book, featuring insights from leading thinkers such as Steven Pinker, Lisa Randall, Matt Ridley, and Daniel C. Dennett.

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“Water resources, viruses, low science literacy, and our failure to achieve global cooperation are all addressed with striking clarity. By taking this bold approach to significant quandaries, Brockman and the Edge contributors offer fresh and invaluable perspectives on crucial aspects of our lives.”

— Booklist (starred review)

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  • “This collection helps us see the myriad possible concerns laid out before us, articulating the various elements of fear that we need to fear.”

    — Washington Post
  • “Compelling…Brockman offers an impressive array of ideas from a diverse group that’s sure to make readers think.”

    — Publishers Weekly
  • Substantial and engrossing . . . Brockman and the Edge contributors offer fresh and invaluable perspectives on crucial aspects of our lives.

    — Booklist Starred Review

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About John Brockman

John Brockman, editor of many books, including The Next Fifty Years, is also the author of By the Late John Brockman, The Third Culture, and Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite. He is the founder and CEO of Brockman Inc., a literary and software agency, and the publisher and editor of the website Edge. He lives in New York City.

About the Narrators

Peter Berkrot, winner of Audie and Earphones Awards for narration, is a stage, screen, and television actor and acting coach. He has narrated over 450 works that span a range of genres, including fiction, nonfiction, thriller, and children’s titles. His audiobook credits include works of Alan Glynn, Eric Van Lustbader, Nora Roberts and Dean Koontz. In film and television, he appeared in Caddyshack, America’s Most Wanted, and Unsolved Mysteries. He performs in regional and New York theaters and directs the New Voices acting school.

Antony Ferguson, Earphones Award–winning narrator, was born in London. He has performed successfully on both sides of the Atlantic and has played many leading roles in theater, film, and television.

Michelle Ford, a native Brit, has a proven track record in long narration with over twenty titles covering contemporary fiction, historical romance, paranormal fiction, biographies, children’s stories, short stories, science fiction, and business. She now lives near New York City.

Jo Anna Perrin is an audiobook narrator whose readings include Disarming the Narcissist by Wendy T. Behary, You Lost Me There by Rosecrans Baldwin, American Freak Show by Willie Geist, and many others.

Aden Hakimi is a voice-over actor based in Brooklyn. He studied theater performance at Northeastern University in Boston, with adjunct studies at Cambridge University in England and the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. For over a decade, he has done voice work for audiobooks, commercials, animation, and corporate videos.