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The thing I keep thinking while reading this is that it reminds me of Neil Degrasse Tyson's Cosmos series. There's just so much overlap between the topics it discusses, the history, people, theories and inventions it explores and the conversational style it uses in delivering the information to us.
This one is denser. But Degrasse Tyson didn't have 16 hours in which to break down his topics as Bill Bryson does.
— Apr 06, 2026 11:24AM
This one is denser. But Degrasse Tyson didn't have 16 hours in which to break down his topics as Bill Bryson does.
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Grace
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Logging some last thoughts before I finish this, which is likely sometime tonight. Mostly to say I remain bemused by how much was discovered since this was written. An example being we have since learned what made the 1918 flu so deadly to young adults - cytokine storms.
Science is ever changing, which makes these kind of books a challenge as far as what it teaches.
— Apr 09, 2026 03:30PM
Science is ever changing, which makes these kind of books a challenge as far as what it teaches.
Grace
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It really did not take me very long to realize why the original, unabridged version of this audiobook is not made widely available to the masses.
It's dated by the advancements in science since it was published in 2003.
Nowhere is this more evident than how it talks about Pluto as a planet. So imagine my amusement at how it talks about how good it is that it remains one.
— Apr 02, 2026 08:09AM
It's dated by the advancements in science since it was published in 2003.
Nowhere is this more evident than how it talks about Pluto as a planet. So imagine my amusement at how it talks about how good it is that it remains one.
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One hundred per cent FOMO'd the unabridged audiobook from my local library a few months back following news articles about how the waitlist was 2,000 people long.
The media coverage led to the library reaching a deal with the publisher to attain more copies of this audiobook. Like... 200 more.
And now I have a copy without the years long wait.
— Mar 28, 2026 08:05AM
The media coverage led to the library reaching a deal with the publisher to attain more copies of this audiobook. Like... 200 more.
And now I have a copy without the years long wait.
