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Read Science! Episode 15 : Wonderful World Edition
In this episode we talked about everything that makes our world so wonderful with the guy who wrote the book about (nearly) everything: Marcus Chown, author of “What a Wonderful World : One Man’s Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff”. And, indeed, there’s some big stuff in this book — and our conversation. Cosmology, cell biology, mathematics, evolution, physics, just to name a few. As always, we had a lively, fun, and informative conversation.

What a Wonderful World: One Man’s Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff
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9 years ago Read Science!, Video • Tags: Google Hangout on Air, Jeff Shaumeyer, Joanne Manaster, Marcus Chown, Read Science!, video, What a Wonderful World