Reviews by Petri

Name: Petri (Solf, Finland)
Reviews Written: 3
Titles Rated: 8

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  • A Short History of Nearly Everything
    By Bill Bryson
    Narrated By William Roberts
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    (29)
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    A Short History of Nearly Everything is Bill Bryson's fascinating and humorous quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. He takes subjects that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry, and particle physics, and aims to render them comprehensible to people who have never thought they could be interested in science. In the company of some extraordinary scientists, Bill Bryson reveals the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.
    UNABRIDGED 19 hrs and 1 min
    A Short History of Nearly Everything | [Bill Bryson]
    A Short History of Nearly Everything
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    "A little bit of this, nothing on that"
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    The author goes very deep into some topics while completely omitting many more significant historical events. Randomness comes to mind when choosing to topics for the book. Nevertheless, I occasionally find fascinating bits of new information.

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  • Bad Science
    By Ben Goldacre
    Narrated By Rupert Farley
    Overall
    (368)
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    (10)
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    (9)
    We are constantly bombarded with inaccurate, contradictory and sometimes misleading information - until now. Ben Goldacre masterfully dismantles the dubious science behind some of the great drug trials, court cases and missed opportunities of our time. He also shows us the fascinating story of how we know what we know, and gives us the tools to uncover bad science for ourselves.
    UNABRIDGED 13 hrs and 10 mins
    Bad Science | [Ben Goldacre]
    Bad Science
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    "Enlightening and entertaining"
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    The author explains how science works and evenhandedly and brilliantly exposes many who profit from scamming people through bad science, from alternative medicine quacks to big pharma advertisement excesses and from bad science reporting in the media to fake scientists. I wonder how much money and lives would be saved if everybody on this planet read Bad Science.

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  • Alan Turing: The Enigma
    By Andrew Hodges
    Narrated By Gordon Griffin
    Overall
    (47)
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    (2)
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    (2)
    It's only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades--all before his suicide at age forty-one. This classic biography of the founder of computer science, reissued on the centenary of his birth with a substantial new preface by the author, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life.
    UNABRIDGED 30 hrs and 44 mins
    Alan Turing: The Enigma | [Andrew Hodges]
    Alan Turing: The Enigma
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    "Interesting yet technical at times"
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    Apparently the life of Alan Turing wasn't so special after all. Nevertheless, this is an interesting listen even though it gets very technical a couple of times. The reader was enjoyable to listen to most of the time, but his young Alan Turing voice sounds annoyingly innocent.

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