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How to Speak Science

Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy Until Proven Brilliant

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How to Speak Science

By: Bruce Benamran, Stephanie Delozier Strobel
Narrated by: Braden Wright
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As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today's cutting-edge technologies possible.

Wanting everyone to be able to "speak" science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains - as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos - the fundamental ideas of the physical world: matter, life, the solar system, light, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, special and general relativity, and much more.

Along the way, Benamran guides us through the wildest hypotheses and most ingenious ideas of Galileo, Newton, Curie, Einstein, and science's other greatest minds, reminding us that while they weren't always exactly right, they were always curious. How to Speak Science acquaints us not only with what scientists know, but how they think, so that each of us can reason like a physicist - and appreciate the world in all its beautiful chaos.

©2018 Bruce Benamran and Stephanie Delozier Strobel (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science History & Philosophy Philosophy Physics Science World Solar System String Theory

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Quite possibly the best general science book I have ever listened to or read. Worth 6 or 7 stars. I cannot believe anyone would be disappointed by this book. Excellent narration and perfect pace.

Brilliant

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I think for someone who is casually interested in science like myself this book is perfect. it explains everything well and doesn't take it too serious by adding light humour to keep it interesting and I loved it when the author goes of on a tangent and explains things, highly recommend it. covers such a wide range of topics too.

Great book and enjoyed every minute

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An excellent introduction to Science in a progressive and chronological fashion, in an interesting way. Really practical and engaging fashion. Loved the content and the approach.

Really clear Science for all

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the book was well written. It was funny, which is different for a science book and I liked it.

I enjoyed the book and the humor.

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That would have been a much more accurate title for this book. How to Speak Science is misleading. Although it touches upon chemistry and, to a lesser extent, biology, I was expecting a more rounded representation of all sciences. That said, it is a well written science book for a lay audience, highlighting important discoveries through the author's personality and humor which the natrator owns pretty well. However, the "People" joke does get old pronto.

A Brief History of Physics

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An absolute wealth of funny, interesting, chewable chunks of the history and the present of scientific discovery. This is the book for you if you have been searching for a book that will help you understand the concept of both the very big and the very small. The author has a real talent in communicating things so that they seem much more simple than they can 1st appear. Please write more books. Black holes, dark matter or anything that the author can put over to the audience with the same expertise in the art of description that he shows in this little gem.

Struggling to understand science. Struggle no more

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A very enjoyable book and well narrated. It covers a multitude of science subjects, I learned quite a few new things and could quite easily listen again in the future.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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Doesn't bring anything new to the table and the amount of colloquialism in it (for a book thats titled 'how to speak science') is unbearable.

how NOT to speak science

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I've given up with 10 hours still to go. With a title like 'How to Speak Science' I expected a book about the vocabulary of science, explaining scientific terminology and how to communicate like a scientist - instead I got a standard history of science book. If a history of science book is what you're looking for though this could might be your thing.

Not as advertised

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Lots of interesting information but the repetitive ‘We’ll come to that later’ and ‘People -The Species not the Publication' is irritating. Bill Brysons A Short History of Nearly Everything is for me more enjoyable. That said if you can stomach the narration the book is filled with some interesting information of note as the book progresses. The Glossary at the end detailing the Great Minds their Nationality, Contribution and Dates is also interesting.

Informative yet with some editing required

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