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Rutherford and Fry’s Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything

By: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
Narrated by: Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

In the Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - skipping over some of the boring parts.

This is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans and the very fact that amid all the mess, we can somehow make sense of life.

Our brains have evolved to tell us all sorts of things that feel intuitively right but just aren't true: the world looks flat; the stars seem fixed in the heavenly firmament; a day is 24 hours....

This book is crammed full of tales of how stuff really works. With the power of science, we have bypassed our monkey-brains and we're going on a journey from the origin of time and space, via planets, galaxies, evolution, the dinosaurs, all the way into our minds, with truly head-scratching questions, that only science can answer:

What is time, and where does it come from?

Why are animals the size and shape they are?

What is a thought?

How horoscopes work (Spoiler: they don't, but you think they do)

Does my dog love me?

Why nothing is truly round

Do you need your eyes to see?

©2021 Hannah Fry and Adam Rutherford (P)2021 Penguin Audio Astronomy & Space Science Biological Sciences Cosmology Evolution Evolution & Genetics History History & Philosophy Science Thought-Provoking Genetics

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Critic reviews

"If only Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry were on tap to all of us, all the time.... The pair have such a gift for making life, numbers and the forces at work in the universe all the richer, stranger, funnier and more marvellous." (Stephen Fry)

"A wonderfully engaging blend of wit, enthusiasm, clarity and knowledge." (Bill Bryson)

"Like the universe itself, this book is multi-faceted, surprising and full of wonders. It's also funny, wise and exceedingly brainy. You really owe it to yourself to read it." (Tim Harford, author of How To Make The World Add Up)
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A little more serious than the pod casts but I think I understood the majority of this once explained so well by the authors.

My head hurts! (but I like it)

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Wonderfully fun and informative, read in the authors own expressive and conversational style. Highly recommended, especially to fans of The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry.

Fantastic

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Very well written, funny, articulate and very interesting book. Well read too by the authors.

Really enjoyable book!

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very enjoyable and instructive even though I don't conform to the stereotyped reader at all!

fascinating and well read

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this has the pace, warmth and humour of their radio show. which is always brilliant. so if you like that, get this. if you've never heard it on the BBC, then get this and dive in later

pretty much like their radio show - brilliant

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I wasn't aware of the authors before and I will certainly look out for them again. Although I was looking for and expecting a drier, more academical take on "Absolutely Everything", this book was informative and entertaining - highly recommend!

Not What I Expected But Brilliant All The Same

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Really instresting and as good as their podcast. Learnt loads of interesting information and as a third year Psychology student useful for this subject.

Very interesting and enjoyable

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As ever R&F make the inexplicable both fascinating and understandable with bursts of humour. Impressive feat.

Mnd-expanding

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Really enjoyed this! Love Dr Hannah Fry! Makes some pretty complicated ideas understandable for the non mathematician or physicist.

Brilliant fun

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if you're a fan of the podcast then you'll love it
awesome well read book

brilliant! ...but....does my dog love me or not?!

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