Martin Gorst
Author of Measuring Eternity: The Search for the Beginning of Time
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Another flaw in the book, sadly common these days, is the illustrations. They are not particularly well chosen, there is no list of figures, just picture credits, and the diagrams are poorly drawn and labeled.
The subject, the narrative, and the selected quotations are rather good, though, and the science is pretty clearly explained. On the whole, I quite enjoyed this book, and I'm not sure that it is really fair to blame the author for the inadequacies of his publisher. It's actually quite a good book if you like science and its history, which I do.… (more)