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The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less)

By: David Bercovici
Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
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Covering 13.8 billion years, a calculatedly concise, wryly intelligent history of everything, from the Big Bang to the advent of human civilization.

With wonder, wit, and flair - and in record time and space - geophysicist David Bercovici explains how everything came to be everywhere, from the creation of stars and galaxies to the formation of Earth's atmosphere and oceans to the origin of life and human civilization. Bercovici marries humor and legitimate scientific intrigue, rocketing listeners across nearly 14 billion years and making connections between the essential theories that give us our current understanding of topics as varied as particle physics, plate tectonics, and photosynthesis. Bercovici's unique literary endeavor is a treasure trove of real, compelling science and fascinating history, providing both science lovers and complete neophytes with an unforgettable introduction to the fields of cosmology, geology, climate science, human evolution, and more.

©2016 David Bercovici (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Biological Sciences Cosmology Earth Sciences Physics Science Witty Interstellar
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Loved the way the writing took the reader deep into the rabbit hole in places. Having read a few similar books on these topics I enjoyed learning several new concepts not covered in other expansive attempts by other authors. The Narrator successfully delivered the writing but was a little dry and mispronounced a few terms. But it didn’t overly detract. Enjoyed!

Highly detailed but expansive overview of almost everything. Narrator a bit dry.

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A short history covers an awful lot of depth so well
It only scratches the surface, but there’s a lot of surface and I’ve at least got some knowledge of the size of the surface

6 hours well spent

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The author takes a very long view, without over emphasis on only humanity, while explaining simply the geophysical causes of the changes occurring throughout.

Expansive yet not too so

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