Rutherford and Fry’s Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)
new from the stars of BBC Radio 4
$34.25
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2022
Summary
The presenters of BBC Radio 4’s flagship show, The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry, set about explaining why the world is as it is, and celebrate how we know what we know (even while we get so much wrong).
In Rutherford and Fry’s comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - skipping over some of the boring parts. This is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans and the fact that amid…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552176712 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552176710 |
| Author: | Adam Rutherford, Hannah Fry |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A wonderfully engaging blend of wit, enthusiasm, clarity and knowledge.
A wonderfully engaging blend of wit, enthusiasm, clarity and knowledge. – Bill Bryson
The illustrations are truly excellent. – Professor Alice Roberts
Like the universe itself, this book is multi-faceted, surprising and full of wonders. It’s also funny, wise and exceedingly brainy. You really owe it to yourself to read it. – Tim Harford, author of How To Make The World Add Up
If only Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry were on tap to all of us, all the time: we could turn to them whenever we wanted delicious explanations, narratives and theories to make sense of the material world. But we do have this deeply addictive book as a companion. The pair have such a gift for making life, numbers and the forces at work in the universe all the richer, stranger, funnier and more marvellous. – Stephen Fry
Explores just about every area of life. * Daily Mail *
Adam Rutherford
Adam Rutherford
Adam Rutherford is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, and geneticist at University College London. His books include A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Book of Humans, and the Sunday Times bestseller How to Argue with a Racist. He has written and presented numerous documentaries for BBC radio and television, including Inside Science and The Cell. Adam has also worked as a science advisor on many films, including the Oscar-winning Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018).
Hannah Fry
Hannah Fry is Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics at Cambridge University. She is loved for her joyful ability to bring complex ideas to life with her signature sass, wit and warmth. Her broadcasting work includes The Rest is Science (Goalhanger), AI Confidential with Hannah Fry (BBC Two), The Future With Hannah Fry (Bloomberg - Emmy winning), The Secret Genius of Modern Life (BBC Two), Infinite Explorer (Nat Geo), and Curious Cases (BBC Radio 4), as well as the Grierson winning Making Sense of Cancer (BBC Two). She has written numerous articles for The New Yorker and is the author of multiple bestsellers including A Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything, The Mathematics of Love, and the critically acclaimed Hello World. In 2026 she was selected as one of Time magazine’s top 100 Creators and was awarded the Leelavati Prize for outstanding contributions to increasing public understanding of mathematics.
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