James Trefil has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.1★ across 13 ratings. The most-rated is Cosmic Queries.
Cosmic Queries
Summary
For science geeks, space and physics nerds, and all who want to understand their place in the universe, this enlightening new book from Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a unique take on the mysteries and curiosities of the cosmos, building on rich material from his beloved StarTalk podcast. In this illuminating audiobook, Tyson and coauthor James Trefil, a renowned physicist and science popularizer, take on the big questions that humanity has been posing for millennia - How did life begin? What is our place in the universe? Are we alone? - and provide answers based on the most current data, observations, and theories. Populated with paradigm-shifting discoveries that help explain the building blocks of astrophysics, this relatable and entertaining audiobook will engage and inspire listeners of all ages, bring sophisticated concepts within reach, and offer a window into the complexities of the cosmos.
©2021 Curved Light Productions, LLC (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing
Science Matters
Summary
These 18 lucid essays on chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy and biology will help listeners comprehend today's science news.
©2009 James Trefil and Robert M. Hazen (P)2009 Random House
Imagined Life
Summary
The captivating possibilities of extraterrestrial life on exoplanets, based on current scientific knowledge of existing worlds and forms of life It is now known that we live in a galaxy with more planets than stars. The Milky Way alone encompasses 30 trillion potential home planets. Scientists Trefil and Summers bring listeners on a marvelous experimental voyage through the possibilities of life-unlike anything we have experienced so far - that could exist on planets outside our own solar system. Life could be out there in many forms: on frozen worlds, living in liquid oceans beneath ice and communicating (and even battling) with bubbles; on super-dense planets, where they would have evolved body types capable of dealing with extreme gravity; on tidally locked planets with one side turned eternally toward a star; and even on "rogue worlds," which have no star at all. Yet this is no fictional flight of fancy: The authors take what we know about exoplanets and life on our own world and use that data to hypothesize about how, where, and which sorts of life might develop. Imagined Life is a must-have for anyone wanting to learn how the realities of our universe may turn out to be far stranger than fiction.
©2019 James Trefil and Michael Summers (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
A Scientist in the City
Summary
Join best-selling science writer James Trefil on a fascinating field trip into the modern city that will open your eyes to the hidden wonders of the man-made world around you. Trefil reveals some surprising truths about the forces that shape our world, as well as some unusual possibilities for the cities of tomorrow.
©1996 Peter Maass (P)1999 Recorded Books, LLC
Cultural Literacy
Summary
In this forceful manifesto, Hirsch argues that children in the US are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. Includes 5,000 essential facts to know.
©1987 Houghton Mifflin Company (P)2019 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company