Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)

<p><strong>THE<em> SUNDAY TIMES</em> BESTSELLER</strong><br /><br /><strong>'Explores just about every area of life' </strong><em>DAILY MAIL</em><br /><br /><strong>'If only Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry were on tap to all of us, all the time . . . The pair have such a gift for making life, numbers and the forces at work in the universe all the richer, stranger, funnier and more marvellous.'</strong> Stephen Fry<br /><br /><strong>In Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - skipping over some of the boring parts</strong>.<br /><br />This is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans and the fact that amid all the mess, we can somehow make sense of life.<br /><br />Our brains have evolved to tell us all sorts of things that feel intuitively right but just aren't true: the world looks flat, the stars seem fixed in the heavenly firmament, a day is 24 hours... This book is crammed full of tales of how stuff <em>really</em> works. With the power of science, Rutherford and Fry show us how to bypass our monkey-brains, taking us on a journey from the origin of time and space, via planets, galaxies, evolution, the dinosaurs, all the way into our minds, and wrestling with some truly head-scratching questions that only science can answer:<br /><br /><strong>What is time, and where does it come from?</strong><br />Why are animals the size and shape they are?<br /><strong>How horoscopes work (<em>Spoiler</em>: they don't, but you think they do)</strong><br />Does my dog love me?<br /><strong>Why nothing is truly round</strong><strong>?</strong><br />Do you need your eyes to see?<br /><br /><strong>'A wonderfully engaging blend of wit, enthusiasm, clarity and knowledge.'</strong> Bill Bryson<br /><br /><strong>'Like the universe itself, this book is multi-faceted, surprising and full of wonders. It's also funny, wise and exceedingly brainy. You really owe it to yourself to read it.'</strong> Tim Harford, author of <em>How To Make The World Add Up</em></p>