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The Importance of Being Interested

Adventures in Scientific Curiosity

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The Importance of Being Interested

By: Robin Ince
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Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, 20 years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts. Every year, he meets hundreds of the world's greatest thinkers.

In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn't just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more - as well as charting Robin's own journey with science - The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, this optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure.

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"A delightful and scintillating hymn to science." (Carlo Rovelli, author of Helgoland)
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Found it supports many of the concepts I believe in. To always be interested is kind of a motto in my life and it helps me through so many difficult problems and find interesting solutions along the way.

Really enjoyed listening.

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The author has the back door key to the boffins’ (we don’t really) Understand the Universe show. He ushers you in without pretence and makes the potentially complicated concepts, calculations and theories of science accessible, humorous and interesting. It reassured me that it seems that even the greatest brains, are all basically struggling with the same question as the rest of us - what’s it all about? They ponder with mathematical equations, constants and a mug of Boltzmann, I have translators like Mr Ince and a pint of improved understanding. A good listen. But what do I know…

The Doorman

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Like I said, an inspiring book of wonders. Why a 15 words reviews minimum? There, done it.

An inspiring book of wonders

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I like the way Robin writes, I've seen him several times live and if your reading his book you will read it in his voice, and the audio book saves you from doing voices in your head which is both time saving and satisfying. Nice work fella. I feel a little bit less stupid than I did. carry on...

The link from actual science Vs the curious

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A great listen, Robin explains complex ideas in a brilliant, humorous way, bring it all together in this great book.

Robin at his best

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