Title: The Great Scientists in Bite-Sized Chunks
Author: Meredith MacArdle, Nicola Chalton
Published: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 224
Rating: 2/5
Summary:
This book covers important scientists and their discoveries in all fields since ancient times.
Review:
I picked this up in a bookstore in large parts because of the cover and because I think science is fascinating, so this seemed like a great read. And although it was interesting in parts, overall it was just an ok read for me.
I'd say the information you get about the different scientists and their work are more like crumbs than bites. It's very brief, and to me this was a bit disappointing because I already knew a lot of it, as I imagine a lot of people do. I expected this to offer some, if not many, new insights into familiar characters, or at least interesting tidbits you'd not neccesarily know, but this had neither.
For me, this worked as a refresher of a lot of things I already knew, but didn't offer up anything groundbreaking. I do think this can be an interesting read as a very basic introduction to some of the more important scientists, and I imagine I would've really loved this book when I was twelve.
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Author: Meredith MacArdle, Nicola Chalton
Published: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 224
Rating: 2/5
Summary:
This book covers important scientists and their discoveries in all fields since ancient times.
Review:
I picked this up in a bookstore in large parts because of the cover and because I think science is fascinating, so this seemed like a great read. And although it was interesting in parts, overall it was just an ok read for me.
I'd say the information you get about the different scientists and their work are more like crumbs than bites. It's very brief, and to me this was a bit disappointing because I already knew a lot of it, as I imagine a lot of people do. I expected this to offer some, if not many, new insights into familiar characters, or at least interesting tidbits you'd not neccesarily know, but this had neither.
For me, this worked as a refresher of a lot of things I already knew, but didn't offer up anything groundbreaking. I do think this can be an interesting read as a very basic introduction to some of the more important scientists, and I imagine I would've really loved this book when I was twelve.
You can get this book at The Book Depository*
You can read more about it on Goodreads
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