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mercystar's review against another edition
although everything was in this book, like they combine from the prehistory to future in one book so the detail isn't best, still very educational.
bookoholic's review against another edition
4.0
Reading popular science books is always fun - you learn something new, discover things you had no idea about and find new conversation topics.
From the visual point of view the book is great - it is super colourful with many graphics. The structure of article + visual addition works really well and makes the book available to everyone. You also can’t get bored as I’d assume it might happen with the text only.
It’s an easy read, divided by categories and you can always explore the topics you’re the most into on a given day. It took me a few weeks to read the whole book because I wanted to fully enjoy it and was reading through the topics I felt the most connected with during this time.
What I really miss are the sources. A book like that should have several pages of data source and there are none. Each chapter has recommended reading but that’s not the same. I’d expect a scientific book to prove where they found the data. It is also easier for me to share the knowledge if I know the source and I can explore more.
I read a Polish version and I found quite a few typos, the publisher focused on a visual part of the book, not on the correctness of the copy, unfortunately.
The book is great and I’d definitely buy it for someone as a gift, I just hope that the copy will be corrected with the next edition.
From the visual point of view the book is great - it is super colourful with many graphics. The structure of article + visual addition works really well and makes the book available to everyone. You also can’t get bored as I’d assume it might happen with the text only.
It’s an easy read, divided by categories and you can always explore the topics you’re the most into on a given day. It took me a few weeks to read the whole book because I wanted to fully enjoy it and was reading through the topics I felt the most connected with during this time.
What I really miss are the sources. A book like that should have several pages of data source and there are none. Each chapter has recommended reading but that’s not the same. I’d expect a scientific book to prove where they found the data. It is also easier for me to share the knowledge if I know the source and I can explore more.
I read a Polish version and I found quite a few typos, the publisher focused on a visual part of the book, not on the correctness of the copy, unfortunately.
The book is great and I’d definitely buy it for someone as a gift, I just hope that the copy will be corrected with the next edition.
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