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losthitsu's review
3.0
For a person life long in humanities whose science knowledge is a patchy mixture of whatever makes the news and leftover highschool facts it's always a good idea to brush up on the basics, and in that regard, this book definitely did its job for me. I don't have wide enough knowledge to judge how accurate or inclusive it is, but I can say it's very accessible and readable, when not particularly amusing. The chunks about each scientist is indeed bite-sized, with a good portion of autobiography and achievements, but the book lacked that little bit extra in order to call it very enjoyable.
karankumar's review
2.0
I'd give this three and a half stars if it were possible. I really liked the idea of going through different scientists in small sections and the way the book was organised into different sections for things like Biology and Chemistry.
I would have fewer scientists to have been mentioned, so that the authors could have gone into more detail with the same number of pages, but I do understand that it goes against the concept of the book. Sometimes, the work of some scientists weren't as fully detailed as some of the newer scientists, which I didn't think was fair.
The ending felt very abrupt.
I would have fewer scientists to have been mentioned, so that the authors could have gone into more detail with the same number of pages, but I do understand that it goes against the concept of the book. Sometimes, the work of some scientists weren't as fully detailed as some of the newer scientists, which I didn't think was fair.
The ending felt very abrupt.
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