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A review by jakemcc
This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works by John Brockman
3.0
This was an enjoyable collection of short (1-4 pages) of essays by a varied group of writers. Each author explained some theory that they found elegant. As you expect in a collection of shorter pieces the quality varied.
I lost count at the number of essays that started "I would talk about evolution but I'm sure someone else will." Those essays were not wrong. Quite a few of the entries were about evolution and natural selection.
Because this book is a collection of short essays it was very easy to pick it up, read a bit, and then put back down. This is how I would recommend reading this book so you can give yourself plenty of time to digest whatever explanation(s) you just read.
There were times reading this where I was able to imagine myself studying in a concent as if in the book Anathem. It was a fun book to digest slowly over the month I read it.
I lost count at the number of essays that started "I would talk about evolution but I'm sure someone else will." Those essays were not wrong. Quite a few of the entries were about evolution and natural selection.
Because this book is a collection of short essays it was very easy to pick it up, read a bit, and then put back down. This is how I would recommend reading this book so you can give yourself plenty of time to digest whatever explanation(s) you just read.
There were times reading this where I was able to imagine myself studying in a concent as if in the book Anathem. It was a fun book to digest slowly over the month I read it.