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Everything all at once : how to unleash your inner nerd, tap into radical curiosity, and solve any problem Cover Image Book

Everything all at once : how to unleash your inner nerd, tap into radical curiosity, and solve any problem / by Bill Nye ; edited by Corey S. Powell.

Nye, Bill, (author.). Powell, Corey S., 1966- (editor.).

Summary:

Bill Nye believes that "everyone has an inner nerd just waiting to be awakened by the right passion. In [this book, he] will help you find yours. With his call to arms, he wants you to examine every detail of the most difficult problems that look unsolvable"-- Amazon.com.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781623367916
  • ISBN: 1623367913
  • Physical Description: ix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [Emmaus, Pennsylvania] : Rodale Books, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Bill's guide to doing everything all at once -- Part I: Principles of nerd living -- The tao of phi -- Scout lifeguarding -- Me against the rock -- When slide rules ruled -- The first Earth Day and national service -- How my parents quit smoking -- Ned and the "thanks" sign -- Why the bow tie? -- Land of the free, home of the nerds -- Everybody knows something you don't -- Part II: Nerd ideas into nerd actions -- The joy of constraints -- Upside-downside pyramid of design -- Comedy and me -- Not faking it -- Resonating to the nerd beat -- Critical thinking, critical filtering -- A vaccine against deception -- Destiny be damned--full speed ahead -- Time for measured urgency -- A mind is a wonderful thing to change -- Part III: How to change the world -- Are you an imposter? -- How high can you go? -- Tragedy of the traffic accident -- Cold hard facts of ice -- West Virginians and all that coal -- Security through nerdiness -- Think cosmically, act globally -- Humans control the Earth: nerds should guide the humans -- A reasoner's manifesto -- Design for a better future.

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