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On Scale...(2.4.26) 2 April 2026 | 2026 posts As a kid the books that interested me the most were always "short history of everything" style almanacs. The sort that were crammed with factoids that made me think "wow!". To be honest, it didn't matter if these were about dinosaurs, medical things (one favourite was a big flowchart book called "Family Health" outlining all manner of ailments), physics-lite, aliens, or astronomy. Anything that made the young me marvel at the great unknown and, I think, bump me into a new and thrilling perspective. Later on, I really valued Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything and a similar book by Geoffrey Blainey, tracking the arc of humanity. Later still, the brilliant Sapiens by Harari, which I'm currently reading for the third time at least. If I could pick a book to write, it would probably be that one. However, sadly for you dear reader, I am more like the bumbling Bryson on these things, ...