Robin Ince, "The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity" (Atlantic Books, 2021)
New Books in Science
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How Did You Write This Book?
i wanted to deal with those, those fearss, i think some people run away from science. Sometimes ideas can seem so big and impenetrable that it's better to run away from them rather than start looking into them. The original of the book was chaos of delight, which is a quote from charles darwin. He couldn't believe what he was seeing in brazilian rain forest - orchids and butterflies. And he wrote in his journals, to day, my mind was a chaos of delight. It takes a little bit more work to find a chaos of delighted sometimes, and just open yourself up to it. There are things to be excited about around you
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