One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff
by Marcus Chown
Recommended by Richard Dawkins
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Physics, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
Why do we breathe What is money How does the brain work Why did life invent sex Does time really exist How does capitalism work or not, as the case may be Where do mountains come from How do computers work How did humans get to dominate the Earth Why is there something rather than nothingIn What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, bestsell...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Physics, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
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Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
“On train reading @MarcusChown's book What a Wonderful World. It's a pretty wonderful book, too. The big questions in science.”
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Consider Accidental Presidents by Jared Cohen. Recommended by 10 sources.
“Accidental Presidents offers eight narrative portraits of men who succeeded to the U.S. presidency without election, using anecdote-rich scenes and readable context to show how personality and circumstance interact with office power. It’s strongest as a set of self-contained stories that make succession stakes concrete for non-specialist readers; it does not prioritize dense archival argument or exhaustive methodology, so expect some interpretive generalizations and repeated themes across cases. Use it for fast historical orientation rather than scholarly deep-dives.”
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