A review by meganzc
The Firmament of Time by Loren Eiseley

5.0

I wish this (or at least the first four chapters) had been required reading back in high school. The way the book combines scientific and historical awe with a firm refusal to engage in scientific or historical hero-worship is worthwhile in and of itself, but then, on top of that, Eiseley's writing is just dazzling. The last two essays are less a history of science and more polemic / philosophical. I appreciated them just as much now but I wouldn't recommend them to my high school self.