Michael's Favourite Science Books
3/19/202653 min
What do Bill Bryson, Daniel Wegner and J.R.R. Tolkien have in common? They are all part of Michael's reading recommendations. On this episode of Field Notes we answer one of our most frequent inbox questions... "What do you both read?"
Alongside that Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens delve into whether some numbers give off "vibes" and the optimal way to use airflow to rid your car of dog hairs and unwanted smells.
A handy list of Michael's books (Hannah's will come in the future)!
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First 90 secondsMichael Stevens· Host0:01
Hello and welcome to The Rest is Science. I'm Michael Stevens.
Hannah Fry· Host0:04
And I'm Hannah Fry.
Michael Stevens· Host0:05
And today is an episode of Field Notes where we come back, Hannah and I, from the field with some discoveries, some things we wanna share. Sometimes they're objects, sometimes they're observations. I've brought a lot of things. Look at that stack, and that's only some of it. I know I'm finally answering a question that I get asked all the time, and I was sick of not having a good answer, so I put the work in and I've got an answer. To what? You'll find out later.
Hannah Fry· Host0:31
Okay, what I will say is this, though. For those who are listening rather than watching, Michael just turned his camera around and there was an enormous stack of books, um, but they were notably clean, which makes me think that he's not talking about a real field. [laughs] There was no mud on a, on a, a single one of them.
Michael Stevens· Host0:46
Uh, when I say field, it can be my living room, okay? [laughs] And also I've got the spines turned away, so when I turn the camera to it, it's just a big stack of paper.
Hannah Fry· Host0:56
All we know, all we know is that some of them are pretty chunky. And actually just turn it around one more time. I wanna see how well-leafed through they are. Okay. S- couple of those are very loved. Some of them, some of them, listeners rather than viewers, look like they've only [laughs] been read in digital form. [laughs] And this is the hard copy that sits on his shelf to prove... I'm not sure.
Michael Stevens· Host1:16
That's interesting that you bring that up because that is not true at all for these books.
Hannah Fry· Host1:21
Oh, okay.
Michael Stevens· Host1:22
I love physical books so much that I... And I, and I dislike reading on a screen so much that I read