Outstanding, and the ideal companion is...... Great book. The case is made with exemplary clarity and wit. Rather than repeat what others have said more than adequately, let me simply recomm...
I love this book - a great way of engaging children with science. I've had this book for a little while, I loved reading the experiments even though I didn't try them. I've put the book asid...
A truly compelling history of science in the Enlightenment. I'm not a scientist. I have only a passing interest in the history of science. However, I'm c250 pages in and I am gripped. Holmes...
Cop Out. The book is an assemblage of good answers to some good questions.
So why didn't I enjoy it?
I think because in keeping faith with the contributors of answers, several answers to ...
Start beating the credit crunch and digest Food For Free!. I do like a bit of hedgerow and it's great to enjoy the free gifts from Mother Nature, but until I got my hands on a copy of this p...
What on earth is Bill Bryson doing writing a book of popular science--A Short History of Almost Everything? Largely, it appears, because this inquisitive, much-travelled writer realised, whi...
Packed with Fascinating Facts and Insights. This is a very enjoyable book based on interesting psychological research. It reveals many fascinating things. People whose names became Den are...
If you are really into science you will enjoy. I bought this after buying Schotts Original Miscellany, a great little book of random, possibly in the large part useless but interesting facts...
Badly written and unbalanced. For me, this book was preaching to the converted - I have a good understanding of evolution and can't see how any reasonable scientist could argue with the posi...
My favorite travel book. Having read a few other motorcycle travel books, it highlights how well balanced Ted Simon's writing is between places, people, the logistics of doing it, his own re...
