I’m wondering what should be the origin of this review… Oh, right, the latest book I read!
The Origin of (Almost) Everything is a fascinating book about some of the most awesome creations and inventions of the World, including the Universe and the World itself.
The book is structured in five sections, each one focused on the creations of a particular domain. The first one is the Universe, where the author exposes the multiple theories behind its creation. The second one is similar, but this time related to our Planet. Next, comes the origin of the life and then the civilization. Finally, and definitely my favourite two sections, the origin of the knowledge and of some inventions like the airplane, the Internet, the post-its, the qwerty keyboard and so on…
As the author says in the very beginning, it was not easy at all to make a selection among the huge list of possible inventions that could be in the book. And certainly there are a couple more enough to allow the writter from the New Scientist magazine to publish another book (as he says, «the next will be The Origin of (Almost) Everything Else). Still, I’m pretty happy with the choices made, although I obviously wanted to know more about other things that are not in these pages.
To conclude, it’s a very well written book, with lots of details and information to read and come back later on to see again and all those curious minds reading this review will certainly enjoy reading it. Truly recommend it!
Rating 4.5/5
Read in 2021