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Robin Ince

The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity Paperback – October 7, 2021

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'A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.' Carlo Rovelli Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty 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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Atlantic Books
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October 7, 2021
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6.25 x 0.9 x 9.25 inches
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Robin Ince is the co-creator and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage, which has won multiple awards include the Sony Gold and Rose d'Or. In 2019 he played to over a quarter of a million people with Brian Cox on their world tour which has put them in the Guinness Book of Records for the most tickets sold for a science show. He is author of I'm a Joke and So Are You and also won Celebrity Mastermind but forgot that calcium was the dominant element of chalk. He is currently trying to invent an effective satnav for people who believe the world is flat.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atlantic Books (October 7, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1838954295
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1838954291
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.26 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.9 x 9.25 inches

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GREG BORGARTZ

A Non-Scientist's Guide To science

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 14, 2021

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Robin Ince doing what he does so brilliantly and making us as interested as he is in the world around us.
His writing is engaging and unforced and I found myself wishing the book was longer.
If you enjoyed his previous book " I'm A Joke And So Are You" then you will enjoy this. If you haven't read that - why not?

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AlecMac

A ramble through Robin's thoughts about science

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 13, 2021

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I'm a big fan of Robin Ince, particularly in his Monkey Cage version.

This book is a meander through his thoughts and relationship with science, which very much align with my own. Perhaps that alignment was a little bit of an issue as I found myself in gentle agreement throughout, but not really learning much or being challenged.

If you're already on board with evidence based thinking I'm not sure you'll have any moments of epiphany or amazement, I didn't.

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Clair Hutchings-Budd

For enthusiastic amateurs everywhere

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 13, 2021

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I loved this book. Robin writes eloquently and with passion, ranging across the whole field of scientific endeavour.

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Kevin Treweeks

Won over to science

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 30, 2022

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Listening to Robin talking about his book over some noodles at the B-Bar I resolved to buy it off him more as a thank you for his entertainment than to read it. My plan was to gift it at Christmas
Unfortunately I started reading before I wrapped it and ended up having to buy it again on Kindle.

Maybe I can't explain the universe and still romantically cling to Newtonian physics, but I did enjoy this book and like a child eating hidden veg in the Bolognese I think he may have sneaked a little extra understanding in without me realising

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Darren Lysenko

Wonderful, Funny, Insightful and Kind...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 16, 2021

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...This book is a fabulous love letter to science, fascination and human endeavour.

Robin Ince manages to take us on a journey which, at the outset, feels like it will be a whistle-stop tour of science's grandest principles and marvels (and to a great extent, it is), but really this book is about us; where we fit into the universe, how to come to terms with how small we often feel in the grand scheme of things, and the joy we can find in the sheer mind-boggling complexity of our spectacular universe, whether we understand it or not.

I actually bought this book twice, firstly for myself, and then as a gift. It is certainly something you will want to share.

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