{"product_id":"9781324051039","title":"The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"Multifaceted, surprising, and full of wonders…You really owe it to yourself to read it.\" —Tim Harford, author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Make the World Add Up\u003c\/em\u003e The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what’s happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of how we came to suppress our monkey minds and perceive the true nature of reality. Written with wit and humor, this brief book tells the story of science—tales of fumbles and missteps, errors and egos, hard work, accidents, and some really bad decisions—all of which have created the sum total of human knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneticist Adam Rutherford and mathematician Hannah Fry guide readers through time and space, through our bodies and brains, showing how emotions shape our view of reality, how our minds tell us lies, and why a mostly bald and curious ape decided to begin poking at the fabric of the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRutherford and Fry shine as science sleuths, wrestling with some truly head-scratching questions: Where did time come from? Do we have free will? Does my dog love me? Hilarious sidebars present memorable scientific oddities: for example, hypnotized snails, human-sized ants, and the average time it takes most animals to evacuate their bladders. (A surprisingly consistent twenty-one seconds, if you must know.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth rigorous and playful, \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans, and the joys and follies of scientific discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42390776873021,"sku":"9781324051039","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781324051039_p0.jpg?v=1771568048","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781324051039","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}