I thought Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' was remarkable. Managing to be entertaining while still delivering all that hard science was a pretty good trick to pull off.
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My favorite book is 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson.
For me it's been very exciting to contribute to the public's understanding of how rich and wondrous science is.
I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written by people who knew their science.
I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.
Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand ourselves and our surroundings.
I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded.
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.
I loved the idea that biology was logical.
I really didn't like the academic structure of science, but I realized I loved science and missed science.
Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works.
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