New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything

from the Big Bang to Belly-button Fluff

By: New Scientist, Stephen Hawking, Graham Lawton, Jennifer Daniel

Narrated by: David Thorpe

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.

(P)2017 John Murray Press©2017 New Scientist

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.

Outstanding

A concise yet highly accurate explanation of human knowledge and the big picture of what we know and don’t know that I have honk every one should read!!!

BIG BANG TO GLOBAL WARMING

We have participated in one of Earth’s most revealing and wonderful centuries. The apocalypse is yet to occur. Bye for now Glen ;-)

Creation of the universe

Absolutely astonishing explainstion of the big bang and the creation of everything that came after. I am anxious to read Volume Ii.

Its all over the place

Would you listen to New Scientist: The Origin of (Almost) Everything again? Why?

there is no proper format one minute talking about the birth universe the other belly button fluff there are plenty of similar books. This book was not meant for audio the sections are written like magazine articles.