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New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything

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New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything

By: New Scientist, Stephen Hawking, Graham Lawton, Jennifer Daniel
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Summary

 DOES ANYTHING EAT WASPS meets INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFUL: A journey through life, the universe and everything.

From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, science is packed with surprising discoveries. Did you know, for instance, that if you were to get too close to a black hole it would suck you up like a noodle (it's called spaghettification), why your keyboard is laid out in QWERTY (it's not to make it easier to type) or whether the invention of the wheel was less important to civilisation than the bag (think about it). New Scientist does.

And now they and illustrator Jennifer Daniel want to take you on a whistlestop journey from the start of our universe (through the history of stars, galaxies, meteorites, the Moon and dark energy) to our planet (through oceans and weather to oil) and life (through dinosaurs to emotions and sex) to civilisation (from cities to alcohol and cooking), knowledge (from alphabets to alchemy) ending up with technology (computers to rocket science).

Witty essays explore the concepts alongside enlightening infographics that zoom from how many people have ever lived to showing you how a left-wing brain differs from a right-wing one.

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Critic reviews

Important... The Origin of (Almost) Everything doesn't look like a typical science book. It's friendly and colourful. Its blocks of text and ample images, makes it read more like a magazine than textbook. Unravelling dozens of life's biggest mysteries, Lawton and Daniel's irreverent storytelling approach answers nagging questions that have inspired centuries of scientific inquiry... Like The Origin of (Almost) Everything suggests, the best science writing and illustrations don't just answer your questions - they compel you to ask more.
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Hooked from start to finish - I very much enjoyed this book. I would definitely recommend

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This book was remarkably similar to Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harar only less detailed and though provoking. I liked the upbeat narrating style though.

Not bad

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should be a part of every curriculum. would go easily say more rewarding than any religious document.

highly enjoyable

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excellent narrative and overall very enjoyable book. highly recommended for science enthusiast, lots of details and variation

very enjoyable

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I liked the book overall and the reader was great! but I have to say some parts didn't interest me at all for ex. the dinosaurs.
So even though some parts I enjoyed some parts I had to painfully go through. so I guess it's a good idea to know if you want to invest time in a book that might only 50% interest you.

if you are not fully into everything then beware.

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