The Origin of All Things

Name: The Origin of All Things
Author: British "New Scientist" Magazine; (UK) Graham Lawton's Text; (US) Jennifer Daniel's Illustrations; Zhang Butian's Translation

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by British "New Scientist" Magazine; (UK) Graham Lawton's Text; (US) Jennifer Daniel's Illustrations; Zhang Butian's Translation (英国《新科学家》杂志；（英）格雷厄姆·劳顿文；（美）珍妮弗·丹尼尔绘；张卜天译)

Status: Completed
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

Where are we from? How did everything originate? It's the biggest question in the universe; New Scientist has the answers... This book carefully selects 53 representative topics in six categories; from the big bang, dark matter, the origin of life, human evolution, the history of money, the history of wine, the past and present of property, the gene drive behind human emotions, to the invention of toilet paper and the secret of boogers. Simple and poetic narration; subvert your common sense anytime and anywhere; often imaginative; occasionally funny.

Reader comments

Just like Hawking's "A Brief History of Time", science becomes less difficult to understand. And some of the ideas in the book are really novel, such as the discovery of the expansion of the universe, which reminded me of the cosmology in "The Three-Body Problem". I think this book is very suitable for people like you who are curious about the world. You will definitely gain a lot from reading it.
5 likes2y ago
I like this book very much, I learned a lot 🤔
2 likes2y ago
Like to know unknown things
1 like1y ago
This kind of dry stuff [thinking] is very worthy of praise
1 like1y ago
I don't want to know how it came, I just want to know why it didn't exist
9mo ago