Finished rereading Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything". Beautiful stylized history & pop science, w/an emphasis on how we gradually improve our understanding in fits & starts, & of how ignorant we remain

One of the best appreciations of science& scientists ever IMO

I'm tearing through the "A Short History of Nearly Everything" audiobook from Bill Bryson and it's a delight. It's not only cosmology though, but it makes for a huge chunk of it. Only drawback is that it's almost 20 years old, so not entirely up to date.

Hefty, highly researched and eminently readable.

I’ve been reading “A Short History of Nearly Everything.” It’s very impressive to — you know, to read about people pondering how to figure out the weight of the Earth or something in the 18th century.

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And you would think that minds that would do that would do very well in financial matters. But, you know, if you remember, Isaac Newton spent a significant part of his life trying to turn lead into gold. And he might have made a good stockbroker.