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The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilization.
With wonder, wit, and flair - and in record time and space - geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and human civilization. Bercovici marries humor and legitimate scientific intrigue, rocketing listeners across nearly 14 billion years and making connections between the essential theories that give us our current understanding of topics as varied as particle physics, plate tectonics, and photosynthesis. Bercovici's unique literary endeavor is a treasure trove of real, compelling science and fascinating history, providing both science lovers and complete neophytes with an unforgettable introduction to the fields of cosmology, geology, climate science, human evolution, and more.
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- Mike
- 06-01-23
interesting, informative and not fridiots, BUT...
When I was at school (many, many years ago), I was told that writing essays for exams and marking, certain words were kind of academic "standards". These include; Moreover, Indeed, However... and 'THUS'.
All of these words are used, many times throughout, but a special trophy should be awarded for the sheer number of thusses.
A fine book, which explains stuff reasonably, and thus now you're aware of and will notice it,
a book that sounds a little like it was written by me, aged 14.
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- Kindle Customer
- 26-10-22
I thought it was great, very informative.
I had some knowledge already or I may have struggled with the fast pace. I loved it as a refresher though.
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- Sigrin
- 04-09-22
How it all came to be
Jesus, (actually he had nothing to do with this book.) that was a lot for my grey matter to take in.
You need to listen to this without any other distractions, so I had to schedule this at certain times.
Very interesting if at times a bit mind blowing.
I had a few blonde moments, but overall it’s written very well for the lay person
Not wild in the American narrator, but that’s personal
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- Federico
- 23-02-22
Exceptional summary of earth evolution
Exceptional good summary of the earth evolution. I’ve listened to several audiobooks on earth evolution in the past but this one excels at quickly taking you through the whole of earth evolution without the loss of details.
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- Bongo317
- 12-07-22
Very interesting and amusing at times
If like me you're not a scientist but are mildly interested in how things came to be and why then you'll probably enjoy this as much as I did. The author doesn't get bogged down with too much jargon. Undoubtedly complicated scientific research has been boiled down to easily understandable concepts that I as a lay person could get my head around.
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- Carol
- 13-12-21
geology of the world
A really good listen. i wondered how he knew so much so I looked him up and he is a professor of geology at Yale. that explains it. I really enjoyed the whole thing but you have to listen properly.
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- david fryer
- 10-06-22
thought provoking
A lot of information, a lot of ideas and a lot to think about all in a very compact space.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-08-23
Great book.
Excellent for lovers of natural history and science alike, the important points have been covered well.
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- Pboro123
- 27-09-23
Very concise and clear
I love this book!
Listened to it few times, and I'm a bit disappointed that there isn't an option to buy it.
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