Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volumes 1-3: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volumes 1-3, credited to Isaac Asimov, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volumes 1-3 by Isaac Asimov. Read in English by Blane Aden McKoy This is a short booklet on science fact commissioned by the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration (Office of Public Affairs). It tells the story of the origins of nuclear physics in terms understandable to an audience with minimal technical background. What were the steps through history - the discoveries that built upon one another - from alchemy to chemistry, physics, astronomy, mathematics, and quantum mechanics, that led to our understanding and harnessing nuclear energy? Asimov was a great writer of both science fact and fiction who wrote or edited more than 500 books, published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volumes 1-3
• Author credits: Isaac Asimov
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 4:16:44

Catalogue topics

• physics
• nuclear power
• nuclear weapons
• quantum mechanics
• atoms
• atomic energy

Track guide

1. 01 - Volume 1 Part 1 — 59:17
2. 02 - Volume 1 Part 2 — 29:20
3. 03 - Volume 2 Part 1 — 42:26
4. 04 - Volume 2 Part 2 — 39:34
5. 05 - Volume 3 Part 1 — 56:00
6. 06 - Volume 3 Part 2 — 30:07

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