{"id":5167,"date":"2022-09-28T19:26:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2022-09-28T19:26:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:26:21","slug":"the-complete-guide-to-absolutely-everything-by-adam-rutherford-and-hannah-fry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/the-complete-guide-to-absolutely-everything-by-adam-rutherford-and-hannah-fry\/","title":{"rendered":"<B>The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything<\/b> by Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56769573-the-complete-guide-to-absolutely-everything-abridged\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1636350119l\/56769573._SX98_.jpg\" alt=\"The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56769573-the-complete-guide-to-absolutely-everything-abridged\">The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/88617.Adam_Rutherford\">Adam Rutherford<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/5014506534\">4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might think, &#8220;One more science book. Ho hum.&#8221; But you&#8217;d be missing out on a very entertaining book full of bits of knowledge worth knowing. This is written in a light, almost silly tone. In fact, at first I thought it was written with a 10-year-old audience in mind, which irritated me a bit. But as I got into it, I realized it presented some sophisticated ideas and science in very accessible ways for anyone. 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