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Martin Stark asked this question about Origin Story: A Big History of Everything:

How does this book compare to having read both Sapiens by Harari, and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bryson?

Jan Harari is cynical but original and visionary, Bryson is a very engaging raconteur with a great sense of humor, the Rational Optimist is, well, optimis…moreHarari is cynical but original and visionary, Bryson is a very engaging raconteur with a great sense of humor, the Rational Optimist is, well, optimistic. I liked it a lot. Origin Story is good, but a bit dry to my taste. Not very well known but recommendable is Cosmosapiens, by John Hands, which is also useful as a compendium of all of modern science.(less)

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