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Rob Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution

By: Rob Newman
Narrated by: Rob Newman
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In this witty, fact-packed A-Z, Newman takes the listener on a whirlwind tour from caring, sharing vampire bats to intelligent slime mould; from pacifist baboons to Richard Dawkins wrestling naked with his postman; from the invisibility cloak of the Hawaiian bobtail squid to Francis "DNA" Crick's belief that life on Earth began with alien spaceships.

The only comedian ever credited in a paper published in the science journal Nature, Newman explores how stunning scientific breakthroughs have turned received ideas of evolution upside down.

Now a BBC Radio 4 comedy series, The Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia of Evolution is based on the stand-up show Robert Newman's New Theory of Evolution.

©2015 Phil McIntyre (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Biological Sciences Biology European Evolution Evolution & Genetics Literary History & Criticism Science World Literature Witty Funny

Critic reviews

"A fascinating and highly original book, the sort you pick up idly and the discover that two hours have gone by." ( The Spectator)
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Entertaining and packed with amazing information about our planet. I laughed out loud a lot.

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I am an admirer of Rob Newman’s work and enjoyed this Encyclopaedia of Evolution very much. It’s interesting, surprising, educational and amusing. A five star listen.

Fascinating.

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Thought provoking, funny and poetic. And Rob Newmans voice is mesmerising I could (and have) listen all day.

Thought provoking

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Brilliant work from the always entertaining Robert Newman. Hope to see more audiobooks from him in the future

Brilliant.

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Love the narrator. Very funny book, if you don't concentrate carefully it's even funnier.
Wasn't really informative because the book was allover the place and didn't really make any sense.

very entertaining

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