The Importance of Being Interested

<b>Robin Ince </b>is the co-creator and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 show <i>The Infinite Monkey Cage</i> 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>I'm a Joke and So Are You</i> 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. <b>'A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.' Carlo Rovelli</b><br><br>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.<br><br>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 - <i>The Importance of Being Interested </i>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. <b>The popular comedian and presenter journeys through science explaining why it should be for everyone - including enthusiastic amateurs.</b> Ince makes <b>profound </b>- and <b>funny </b>- reflections on our tiny lives in a massive universe. A <b>delightful</b> and <b>scintillating</b> hymn to science. Resolutely a non-scientist Robin Ince discovers with awe that when science addresses the big problems and destroys familiar beliefs it does not leave us in a cold meaningless and de-humanized world but in a one which is colourful human full of intensity and wonder. <b>Wonderful</b>! A <b>beautifully written </b>elegy to science combining wonder mystery and humour. Curiosity dances across the pages. Robin's take on science is <b>human</b> <b>funny </b>but also <b>deeply enthralling</b>. Robin is the <b>most engaging of science communicators</b>. As someone who also struggled with science as a child still finds physics an impossible foreign tongue and came late to the fulfilment of a curious mind I found this book by turns <b>challenging</b> <b>entertaining</b> and <b>moving</b>. With <b>razor-sharp wit </b>and <b>insight</b> Robin slices into the biggest questions of our time. <i>The Importance of Being Interested</i> left me smiling and thinking more deeply <b>Brilliant </b>and <b>Entertaining</b>. Science is done by humans and humans are the only reason that science matters: curiosity is part of human nature but sometimes we need reminding just how much is out there to explore and enjoy. Will gladden the heart and stimulate the mind... <b>Sparkling</b>.