Robin Ince

The Importance of Being Interested

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***A Waterstones Best Paperback of 2022 pick***

Perfect for fans of Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage and Professor Brian Cox.
'A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.' Professor 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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420 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2021
Publication year
2021
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    for a democracy to be a democracy, it is vital to have access to information and the ability to understand what it means.
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    Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.
    ALBERT EINSTEIN
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    Iwould love to be certain, to be sure of something, but my anxiety makes that unlikely
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