Review:The writing is very clear and understandable for the non-scientist type. I get very excited about this type of information getting out to the public and help change their lives. They (WE) can do it. Not only is the book well written, I also love the extra mile taken to create a web site that have videos or more detail information relating the chapter just read. Read more

Review:The book is indeed BRIEF and I was mildly shocked when it arrived. My last physics book was easily 20 times heavier. The author no doubt knows his subject matter and has a gift for language and simplification. He even waxes poetic at times. Perhaps it's no accident he is Italian. I frankly cannot imagine an English or German physicist being so lyrical - nor brief.

The lessons as such are really not "lessons" in the sense of what you get at graduate school or even college. The reason for t... Read more

Review:I've sent several copies to friends now...it opened my eyes to what life in space is actually like. I'd never thought about such things as working with mitt-sized gloves, for example. But for me, learning about the early part of his life and how ONE BOOK (The Right Stuff) gave him focus and a goal. Thank you fro writing this, sir! Read more

Review:Published in the 350th anniversary year of the Royal Society of London, "Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society" is more a book about science than a book about the Royal Society.

Of all the qualifications in the world, the letters FRS (fellow of the Royal Society) would certainly be the mostly highly prized ones, much better than PhD (which merely indicates that the individual at one time did enough work to earn a degree). FRS indicates that the individual has accomp... Read more

Review:The book left me encouraged about the progress outside the western world. I did not do well on the quiz. yet, I have seen the homeless in San Diego. Detroit slums are horrible. The water in Flint is deadly. The crime rate in St. Louis and Chicago is scary. Many small cities in the rural south have more adults on welfare than have jobs. The US is more divided than ever, it seems. There is more to life than global public health. While this book touched on many improvements around the globe, ... Read more

Review:This book had some good examples and memorable stories that demonstrated the points he was trying to make, however I would have liked more practical exercises to use with students or clients on how to improve their willpower and self control. Read more

Review:In times of stress when authors are producing crap (yes, that is what many publisher's are putting out there with superb quotes that can not possibly be real) and calling their "work" writing! So far from the truth as to be outside the Milky Way galaxy. My favorite "writer" to call out for this is James Patterson. Tom Wolfe's work is indeed worthy of another go 'round if you do not care for the classics and if you do care for the classics as well. I have read Bonfire so many times that my hard... Read more

Review:My boss bought me The Richest Man in Babylon when he promoted me. I loved it and so I bought it as an audio book too. In the past, I've read Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! (Miniature Edition) and some of Napoleon Hills' work. I wanted to ventur... Read more

Review:The book itself is fascinating but the Amazon printing is awful, full of typos. In one paragraph I found five! Some typos change the meaning of a sentence or are confusing. There is a much more recent translation of Proust, better than Moncrief's making Proust more accessible but this isn't used by Amazon. For future books in the sequence I'm going elsewhere. Read more

Review:Great history of genetics from simple Mendelian genetics to modern capabilities and the ethical issues surrounding them Easy to read You don't need to have a genetics background Better than the Emperor of all Maladies A history of Cancer Read more