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Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything (Yale Nota Bene)
by John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin
from Yale University Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• slapdash
  I checked this book out of the library, and soon gave up on it. Gibbin has exibited a good, easy to read writing style in putting out a slew of science books. He should maybe slow down a bit. A book of this sort cries out for supporting illustrations, but has none. What it does have is a number of careless errors in the few early pages I read: He erronously refers to atomic weight, in a context where atomic number would be correct. He says e/m for electrons was found to be about one thousandth as big as... more info

• Comprehensive and accessible guide to contemporary science
  John Gribbin quotes Einstein at one point, saying "the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehnsibility . . . the fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle."
  Too few of us take the time to look at the world and the universe around us and simply gasp in amazement. It all works. Not only are you an amazing work but so is everything else.
  John Gribbin sets out to explain everything: atoms, molecules, living things, rocks, dirt, stars and more. And he does a pretty good job of it.
  As he... more info

• Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything
  Excellant book, ties the atom to physics, chemistry, life and astronomy. Simplifies science.

• Not a good book for beginners.
  I like John Gribbin's books a lot. I have ten of them. I've read them all, some of them a few times.
  However, this is not a good book for beginners. No attempt has been made by either author or publisher to present science to a non-scientific audience. The book consists of block text from beginning to end. There are no illustrations and no diagrams. Many scientific terms are used without any explanation of their meaning, and the style of writing is not simple.
  John Gribbin is a very prolific... more info

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