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A review by midici
Everything All At Once by Bill Nye
3.0
*3.5 stars
Part memoir, part science-musings, part call-to-arms, Everything all at Once is an interesting, if scattered book. Bill Nye is a household name. I grew up watching his science episodes in school and sometimes at home, always entertaining and instructive. As an adult I appreciate how much work he puts into advocating for science, in a world that seems increasingly polarized, even when it comes to things that should be objective - like basic science facts.
He gives his guide to doing everything all at once right at the beginning:
Objective - Change the world
-Everyone you'll ever meet knows something you don't
-Good engineering invites right use
-Constraints provide opportunities
-Be part of a start
-Think cosmically; act locally
-Question before you believe
-Change your mind when you need to
-Be optimistic; be responsible; be persistent
I like Bill Nye, I like the objectives of the book, and there's a lot of interesting parts to it. It is however, as mentioned above, a somewhat scattered approach to his topics. It's got a solid American optics (he's American, so it's fair but it needs to be noted) - and the only thing wrong with all his puns is that he keeps apologizing for them in his asides.
Part memoir, part science-musings, part call-to-arms, Everything all at Once is an interesting, if scattered book. Bill Nye is a household name. I grew up watching his science episodes in school and sometimes at home, always entertaining and instructive. As an adult I appreciate how much work he puts into advocating for science, in a world that seems increasingly polarized, even when it comes to things that should be objective - like basic science facts.
He gives his guide to doing everything all at once right at the beginning:
Objective - Change the world
-Everyone you'll ever meet knows something you don't
-Good engineering invites right use
-Constraints provide opportunities
-Be part of a start
-Think cosmically; act locally
-Question before you believe
-Change your mind when you need to
-Be optimistic; be responsible; be persistent
I like Bill Nye, I like the objectives of the book, and there's a lot of interesting parts to it. It is however, as mentioned above, a somewhat scattered approach to his topics. It's got a solid American optics (he's American, so it's fair but it needs to be noted) - and the only thing wrong with all his puns is that he keeps apologizing for them in his asides.