The Science category has 986 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 9,896 ratings. The most-rated is Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.
The Book of the Earthworm
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Sally Coulthard explores the miraculous world of the earthworm, the modest little creature without whom life as we know it would not be possible. For Charles Darwin - who estimated every acre of land contained 53,000 earthworms - the humble earthworm was the most important creature on the planet. And yet, most people know almost nothing about these little engineers of the earth. We take them for granted but, without the earthworm, the world's soil would be barren and our gardens, fields and farms wouldn't be able to grow the food and support the animals we need to survive. Sally Coulthard provides a complete profile of the earthworm by answering 50 questions about these wiggling creatures, from 'What happens if I chop a worm in half?' to 'Would humans survive if worms went extinct?' The Book of the Earthworm offers a feast of quirky facts and practical advice about the world's most industrious - but least understood - invertebrate.
©2021 Sally Coulthard (P)2021 W F Howes
Salamander 101
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your very own pet salamander? Salamanders are a type of amphibian that most people know very little about, but they are unusual creatures that the world needs to be more educated on. With the right amount of research and dedication, anyone can become a salamander owner if they are truly interested. In this book, you will learn: Information about different salamander breeds. What makes amphibians and reptiles different from each other. How to find the right salamander for you. What you’ll need to be the perfect salamander owner. How to properly care for your new pet. How to keep your salamander healthy. What makes salamanders unique. And more! This book is designed both for those interested in owning a salamander of their own and for those that are just interested in learning more about them. Getting a pet salamander starts with gaining as much information about these incredible creatures as possible. You should always be fully prepared before you decide to bring one of these new pets into your home. Therefore, use this book to get you started with everything you need to know about properly raising and caring for a salamander of your own. About the Expert Molly Weinfurter has been fascinated with salamanders ever since she saw one during a camping trip when she was little, and she spent a lot of her childhood reading and researching about them so that she could get a salamander of her own. Throughout her life, she had two pet salamanders: Sally and Sammy. Unfortunately, she currently does not have any salamanders of her own anymore, but she would love to care for more in the future. She is originally from Wisconsin, but she moved to Florida where she graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing. With her writing skills, she spends most of her time writing about all different types of pets and animals. HowExpert publishes quick "how to" guides on all topics from A to Z.
©2019 HowExpert (P)2019 HowExpert
Gory Details
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Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wickedly informative narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog takes us on a fascinating journey through an astonishing new reality. Blending humor and journalism in the tradition of Mary Roach, acclaimed science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bodies and our universe. From the research biologist who stung himself with every conceivable insect to the world's most murderous mammals, this entertaining book explores oft-ignored but alluring facets of biology, anatomy, space exploration, nature, and more. Featuring interviews with leading researchers in the field and a large dose of wit, this provocative book reveals the most intriguing real-world applications of science in all their glory.
©2021 Erika Engelhaupt (P)2021 National Geographic
The Living Shore
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In the 1990s, a marine scientist named Brian Kingzett was commissioned to survey Canada's western coast. He saw amazing sights, from the wildest, most breathtaking coasts to the smallest of marine creatures. Along the western side of Vancouver Island, Kingzett nosed into an isolated pocket beach where he found something unusual. Amid the mussels, barnacles, and clams were round oysters - Olympias. Kingzett noted their presence and paddled on. A decade later when he met Betsy Peabody, executive director of the Puget Sound Restoration Fund (PSRF), he learned that this once ubiquitous native oyster was in steep decline, and he knew that together they would return to this remote spot. Rowan Jacobsen, along with Kingzett, Peabody, and a small group of scientists from PSRF and the Nature Conservancy, set out last July to see if the Olys were still surviving - and if they were, what they could learn from them. The goal: to use their pristine natural beds, which have probably been around for millennia, as blueprints for the habitat restoration efforts in Puget Sound. The implications are vast. If Peabody and her team can bring good health back to Puget Sound by restoring the intertidal zones - the areas of land exposed during low tide and submerged during high tide, where oysters live - their research could serve as a model for saving the world's oceans. During a time when the fate of the oceans seems uncertain, Rowan Jacobsen has found hope in the form of a small shelled creature living in the lost world where all life began.
©2009 Rowan Jacobson (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds
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An engaging journey into the biological principles underpinning a beloved science-fiction franchise.
In Star Trek, crew members travel to unusual planets, meet diverse beings, and encounter unique civilizations. Throughout these remarkable space adventures, does Star Trek reflect biology and evolution as we know it? What can the science in the science fiction of Star Trek teach us? In Live Long and Evolve, biologist and die-hard Trekkie Mohamed Noor takes fans on a fun, fact-filled scientific journey.
Noor offers Trekkies, science-fiction fans, and anyone curious about how life works a cosmic gateway into introductory biology, including the definitions and origins of life, DNA, reproduction, and evolutionary processes, such as natural selection and genetic drift. For instance, he shows how the rapid change in a population of nanite robots follows basic principles of natural selection that apply to species on Earth. He explains how certain creatures depicted in the series are bisexual, not asexual, and what evolutionary advantage that difference provides. And he considers factors that affect successful interspecies mating and delves into what keeps species distinct. Noor discusses the importance of research and how Star Trek has influenced scientists to engage in cutting-edge work.
Giving listeners irresistible and entertaining insights, Live Long and Evolve looks at some of the powerful science behind one of the most popular and longest-running science-fiction series.
©2018 Mohamed Noor (P)2018 Mohamed Noor
Survive or Sink
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Survive or Sink is a wake-up call in these environmentally troubled times, in tackling issues that threaten India and the planet. The book underscores the role that citizens, industry, civil society, media and the government need to play in collaboration with each other to address poor sanitation, water and pollution, thus improving human well-being and health and thereby also reducing the impact of climate change. A prolific writer with many articles published on these issues, Naina Lal Kidwai uses her extensive experience and her comprehensive insights to write compellingly about possible solutions. She also covers green finance and the financial structure for sustainability, inclusive growth, green jobs and the critical role of women in social transformation. Backed by examples, Survive or Sink presents a holistic approach to the many challenges and opportunities regarding sustainable development in India. The book emphasizes the fact that the ideal way to achieve sustainable growth is to be responsible about the climate and the environment. It is a must-listen for all who care about the future of India and protecting our planet.
©2018 Naina Lal Kidwai (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
Dreams of a Final Theory
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This is the story of a grand scientific quest: the quest for a unifying theory of nature. Writing with dazzling elegance and clarity, Nobel Prize - winning physicist Steven Weinberg retraces the steps that have led modern scientists from relativity theory and quantum mechanics to the notion of superstrings and the idea that our universe may coexist with others. Along the way, he voices the questions that are always present: Why does each explanation of the way nature works point to other, deeper explanations? Why are the best theories not only logical but beautiful? And what implications will a final theory have for our philosophy and religious faith? Intellectually daring, rich in anecdote and aphorism, Dreams of a Final Theory launches us into a new cosmos and helps us make sense of what we find there.
©1993 Steven Weinberg (P)2000 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Fallout
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From Hiroshima to Chernobyl, Fukushima to the growing legacy of lethal radioactive waste, humanity's struggle to conquer atomic energy is rife with secrecy, deceit, human error, blatant disregard for life, short-sighted politics and fear. Fallout is an eye-opening odyssey through the first eight decades of this struggle and the radioactive landscapes it has left behind. We are, he finds, forever torn between technological hubris and all-too-human terror about what we have created. At first, Pearce reminds us, America loved the bomb. Las Vegas, only 70 miles from the Nevada site of some hundred atmospheric tests, crowned four Miss Atomic Bombs in the 1950s. Later, communities downwind of these tests suffered high cancer rates. The fate of a group of Japanese fishermen who suffered high radiation doses from the first hydrogen bomb test in Bikini atoll was worse. The United States Atomic Energy Commission accused them of being Red spies and ignored requests from the doctors desperately trying to treat them. Pearce moves on to explore the closed cities of the Soviet Union, where plutonium was refined and nuclear bombs tested throughout the '50s and '60s, and where the full extent of environmental and human damage is only now coming to light. Exploring the radioactive badlands created by nuclear accidents - not only the well-known examples of Chernobyl and Fukushima but also the little-known area around Satlykovo in the Russian Ural Mountains and the Windscale fire in the UK - Pearce describes the compulsive secrecy, deviousness, and lack of accountability that have persisted even as the technology has morphed from military to civilian uses. Finally, Pearce turns to the toxic legacies of nuclear technology: the emerging dilemmas over handling its waste and decommissioning of the great radioactive structures of the nuclear age, and the fearful double-think over the world's growing stockpiles of plutonium, the most lethal and ubiquitous product of nuclear technologies. For any listener who craves a clear-headed examination of the tangled relationship between a powerful technology and human politics, foibles, fears and arrogance, Fallout is the definitive look at humanity's nuclear adventure.
©2018 Fred Pearce (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
Rocket Surgeon
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A.E. Williams presents his thoughts on a variety of subjects of interest to thinking persons. Bringing together a lifetime of experience as a science-fiction author, former aerospace materials engineer, cybersecurity expert, and irascible genius, Williams provides big-picture views on our place in the universe. Based on a series of blog articles written for the "Speculative Fiction Showcase" and including material reviewed while performing research for his series "Terminal Reset", Williams explores and questions some of the most basic precepts of science and physics. The recent popularization of physics in television and movies has opened up this field to the ordinary layperson. In these articles, Mr. Williams looks at why we, as a species, crave to leave the mother planet and venture out into the hostile territories of uncharted space. Williams explains with his own unique and perceptive worldview just how the Space Race, once the core being of America's science programs, has defined the processes and bureaucracy of space exploration today. Williams provides a narrative of his own experiences working on high-tech and cutting-edge programs that led to the technological marvels we take for granted today. From jet engines to smart phones, from Star Trek to Interstellar, Williams helps listeners understand just how much the world has been impacted by science and technology. Is a mission to Mars or other forms of manned space flight our future? Can we afford to spend our resources on these efforts at the expense of other critical problems facing us today? Follow Williams down the rabbit hole as he looks at fake news, the presidential election, AGW, and other contentious events in our world and body slams them using logic and the scientific method! A.E. Williams makes a compelling argument that manned space exploration is not just viable, but necessary to the survival of the species.
©2017 A.E. Williams (P)2018 A.E. Williams
Making the Monster
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The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on Gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often used in derogatory terms to describe scientists who have overstepped a perceived moral line. But how did a 19-year-old woman with no formal education come up with the idea for an extraordinary novel such as Frankenstein? The period 1790-1820 saw huge advances in our understanding of electricity and physiology. Sensational science demonstrations caught the imagination of the general public, and newspapers were full of tales of murder and resurrectionists. It is unlikely that Frankenstein would have been successful in his attempts to create life back in 1818. However, advances in medical science mean we have overcome many of the stumbling blocks that would have thwarted his ambition. We can resuscitate people using defibrillators, we can save lives using blood transfusions and we can prolong life through organ transplants - these procedures are nowadays considered almost routine. Many of these modern achievements are a direct result of 19th-century scientists conducting their gruesome experiments on the dead. Making the Monster explores the science behind Shelley's book. From tales of reanimated zombie kittens to electrical experiments on human cadavers, Kathryn Harkup examines the science and scientists that influenced Mary Shelley and inspired her most famous creation, Victor Frankenstein. While thankfully we are still far from being able to recreate Victor's 'creature', scientists have tried to create the building blocks of life, and the dream of creating life forms from scratch is now tantalisingly close.
©2018 Kathryn Harkup (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
Radical Abundance
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K. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnology - the science of engineering on a molecular level. In Radical Abundance, he shows how rapid scientific progress is about to change our world. Thanks to atomically precise manufacturing, we will soon have the power to produce radically more of what people want, and at a lower cost. The result will shake the very foundations of our economy and environment. Already, scientists have constructed prototypes for circuit boards built of millions of precisely arranged atoms. The advent of this kind of atomic precision promises to change the way we make things - cleanly, inexpensively, and on a global scale. It allows us to imagine a world where solar arrays cost no more than cardboard and aluminum foil, and laptops cost about the same. A provocative tour of cutting edge science and its implications by the field’s founder and master, Radical Abundance offers a mind-expanding vision of a world hurtling toward an unexpected future.
©2013 K. Eric Drexler (P)2013 Gildan Media LLC
Quantum Physics for Beginners: The Quantum Theory Bible
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Is it really possible to make laws of attraction work for you? Do you want to see the applications of quantum physics in the real world and universe? Then you'd better keep reading.... While physics does play a role in our lives, most of it involves things we don’t think about. For example, physics helps to define how our world is put together on a molecular level. Understanding how atoms split, we can understand how they use various waves to transmit information via data and sound. At the same time, it’s interesting to look at how physics can be used to help us understand dimensions, even the ones that might not be easily found or seen. Various aspects of physics have been used in cosmology. This book covers the following topics: Before quantum physics: light and matter Deep through the theory of relativity Was Einstein correct about entanglement Why Max Planck is considered the father of the quantum theory Are dark matter and black hole related The 18 biggest unsolved mysteries in physics Exactly what is time How space and time could be a quantum error-correcting code The birth and foundations of quantum mechanics Fundamental principles and laws And much more. This book unravels how quantum physics works in order to understand how dimensions, space, and time are together in our universe. It helps give us greater understanding of how our universe works, which ultimately brings quantum physics or mechanics to us. But quantum physics also has a practical everyday effect on our lives, and for many, it used to be exemplified on their wrist, but now is part of our smartphones. That’s right. Those incredibly precise timepieces, the ones that we rely on to keep not only our schedule but our technology running, have been based on quantum physics. So how does this area of study translate into our watches? Quantum physics contributes to just one part of the growth of technology and the accuracy of the measurement.
©2020 Loew T. Kaufmann (P)2020 Loew T. Kaufmann
Beekeeping - 3 in 1
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This is a three-audiobook bundle that addresses various subtopics, including but not limited to these: Book one: Beekeeping can be a great hobby and/or business. Many people have made it work for them, either as a side activity or as a full-time job. In order for you to make beekeeping a regular pastime, you have to know what you’re doing. Guides like these are especially designed to help you along the way. In this audiobook, for example, you will hear about: How to prevent bee stings Why bumblebees are so much different from other bee races How to control and manage the bees The overall pros and cons of a beekeeping business And so much more! You’d be surprised how much information you can find in only a small number of sections. Go ahead and check it out. Book two: This book will help you understand beekeeping and bees in general better. After some remarks about planning and beehive types, several topics will be addressed, such as: What yellow coats or jackets can do Which bee houses there are and which ones work best for which bees The difference between the queen bees, the workers, and the drones And several other tips you will need to get started Get this important piece of information from this brief guide now! Book three: Are you interested in beekeeping? Are you wondering how you can make a beekeeping business profitable? These are just two of the many questions that will be answered in this book. Along with an extensive business plan, this guide offers information about bee stings and diseases, the anatomy of bees, pollinators, swarms, packaged bees, honey business, and so much more. You cannot miss this essential gem of a book. Get it now!
©2020 Sarah Jacobs (P)2020 Sarah Jacobs
Shipwreck Tales and Disasters at Sea (Ocean Stories)
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This is a fascinating book filled with stories about shipwrecks and various disasters at sea, retold in an easy to comprehend and story-like fashion.
©2020 MSAC Philosophy Group (P)2020 David Christopher Lane
Magic Mushrooms
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You are about to learn how to select and cultivate psilocybin mushrooms right from the basics with the best magic mushroom farming practices! How many times have you heard someone mentioning “magic" or "psilocybin" mushrooms and remembered that you promised yourself to find out more about them the last time? Once? Twice? Maybe, more than you can count? Or have you ever tried to get your head around the details about them regarding the different types available and the different processes and methods of growing them? Did you hear that there are certain types that are poisonous and became dumbfounded? If you’ve been looking for a the ultimate all-encompassing guide about the safety and best practices in growing psilocybin mushrooms, you’re in the right place. This audiobook contains all the information you need in that regard right from the techniques of cultivation and selection of the right mushrooms to the production systems and processes, as well as the harvesting and many other details that are sure to turn you into a proficient psilocybin mushroom cultivator and user in no time! So, if you have questions like: Why all the fuss about magic mushrooms lately - what’s so good or fascinating about them? What do they do? How can you use them? How do you start cultivating them - where do you even start and keep at it until you have your ready-to-use magic mushrooms? What safety measures should you observe? And many others, this book is for you, so keep reading, as it covers everything you need to know about magic mushrooms cultivation and more. More precisely, this audiobook will cover the following: The basics of psilocybin mushroom cultivation, including the history and more Psilocybin mushroom production process, including making of the compost, spawning, selecting the right nutrients and mushrooms, and the setting the right environmental conditions The cultivation techniques for magic mushrooms Collection and harvesting of the mushrooms Distinguishing edible mushrooms from poisonous species Powerful tips and tricks you can follow when growing mushrooms The production systems for magic mushrooms Plagues and diseases you should be aware of and how to deal with them Seeding tips you should know about And so much more! Before you landed here, you must have gone through a couple of books or other resources out there and became discouraged because you’re a beginner looking for a simple, easy-to-follow book that’s also extensive, informative, and fun to listen. If so, this is where your search ends. This audiobook is different and absolutely perfect because despite being 100 percent beginner-friendly by offering all the above qualities, it’s also designed to cater for the needs of intermediate and advanced listeners looking to expand their knowledge horizons. Ready to learn more? Buy now to get started!
©2020 Terence Leary (P)2020 Terence Leary
Quantum Magic
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Modern physics studies the four “known forces” of nature: gravity, electromagnetic, weak, snd Strong nuclear forces. However, “known forces” is a misnomer because hundreds of years of investigation have not led to any clearer understanding. In short, scientists do not know what these forces are.
In this audiobook we will cover, with the luxury of detail, the history and current investigative nature of particle physics and the so-called forces.
©2018 Monk E. Mind (P)2019 Grinning Monkey Publishing
Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire
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From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Stephen Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape. A timely environmental classic. Pyne was named by Science magazine as "the world's leading authority on the history of fire." The narrator of Fire in America, Jack de Golia, served as a firefighter with the National Park Service and then as a fire information officer for the NPS, Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service. Highlights of his 34-year career include the 1988 Yellowstone fires and the recovery of the Space Shuttle Collumbia in 2003. The book is published by University of Washington Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. "A unique contribution to the history of science and technology, as well as to cultural history in general." (Isis) "No one interested in environmental history can afford to ignore this massive achievement." (Journal of American History)
©1997 University of Washington Press (P)2021 Redwood Audiobooks
The Library of Consciousness
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One of the most significant discoveries of modern science is that the world we perceive around us is not as it appears. Rather, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and quantum physics have demonstrated that our day-to-day reality is a relative construct, built upon a scaffolding of information bits that betray their real origin and causation. For instance, the other day, I remarked to my oldest son, Shaun, that the ocean water around Catalina Island looked exceptionally blue. But, given his deep knowledge of science, my son responded that such “blueness” was actually not in the water at all, but how different light waves get absorbed and refracted. The colors we see are due to the spectral properties of light. The longer wavelengths of light (such as red, orange, and yellow) are more readily captured by H20 whereas the shorter wavelength of light (such as blue) gets refracted and thus we see the color blue, particularly if the water is clear. But the scientific explanation for why an ocean is blue or a sunset is red is precisely not how we tend to experience such at first glance. In other words, the way we apprehend the world around us is not necessarily how we later comprehend it through scientific analysis. And herein lies the great divide, the great deception, or what early Indian rishis insightfully called “Maya.” We live in a magic land, where all that manifests and appears real and certain is anything but. Perhaps the study of consciousness has an inherent limitation, similar in import to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics or Gödel's incompleteness theorem in mathematics. Perhaps we are like seasoned travelers on a Mobius strip in quest of the “other” side of the band who after long and arduous circular travels come to realize that no matter what route we take we will always only be touching the same surface. If this is so, then a specialized version of Niels Bohr's complementarity may be an instructive insight for us as we venture forth: “In any given situation, the use of certain classical concepts excludes the simultaneous meaningful application of other classical concepts.” In the study of consciousness it appears we may have to confront an epistemological complementarity where any objective study (via third person analysis) of qualia must by necessity lose in translation a fundamental feature of the very phenomenon under inspection. This book combines the Oceanic Metaphor and the Cerebral Mirage.
©2014, 2017 David Christopher Lane (P)2018 David Christopher Lane
What a Wonderful World
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Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist? How does capitalism work - or not, as the case may be? Where do mountains come from? How do computers work? How did humans get to dominate the Earth? Why is there something rather than nothing? In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, best-selling author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You and the Solar System app, uses his vast scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex processes to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives. Lucid, witty, and hugely entertaining, it explains the basics of our essential existence, stopping along the way to show us why the Atlantic is widening by a thumbs' length each year and how money permits trade to time travel, why the crucial advantage humans had over Neanderthals was sewing, and why we are all living in a giant hologram.
©2013 Marcus Chown (P)2015 Audible, Ltd
Psilocybin Mushrooms
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Grow the best magic mushrooms you'll ever try! Have you ever wanted to try psychedelic drugs but felt too anxious about potential side effects? Being cautious about unknown substances is a good idea, especially if you buy them from someone you don't know well and if you don't have a more experienced friend who can help you have a safe trip. But...what if you could grow your very own, all-natural, time-proven psychedelic mushrooms? We're talking about mushrooms that contain psilocybin, a natural substance that can boost your creativity, reduce anxiety, and help you enjoy amazing trips. Psilocybin has been used by shamans and healers for thousands of years - and there's no reason why you shouldn't try magic mushrooms yourself. Especially if they're home-grown. This book will help you grow your first psilocybin mushrooms, use them for delicious meals, enjoy their psychedelic effects, or simply make your life more fun and creative with microdosing. Here's what you'll find in this book: What you need to start growing your very own psychedelic mushrooms (It's less stuff than you think!) Complete step-by-step tutorials that will guide you through every single phase of your mushrooms' lives Expert guidance on harvesting and storing your mushrooms correctly (or they might lose their magic qualities) Tips on how to enjoy the best psychedelic trip of your lifetime without experiencing nasty side effects Useful advice on improving your health and your daily life with safe microdoses of magic mushrooms Psilocybin mushrooms are safe and fun when used correctly. Don't miss out on these wonderful gifts of nature and start growing them right now - this book will guide you through every step and answer any questions you might have! Scroll up, get this audiobook, and get started now! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Calvin Newman (P)2020 Calvin Newman