I
think the author of this book tried something very arduous and
complex. He tried to narrate from the moment the Big Bang happened to
when humans appeared on Earth. Now one can only fathom all the
scientific study that it entails, the intelligence to comprehend it
all, the bird-eye's view for synthesis and the capacity to divulge
such complex matter in layman's language.
Well
in my humble opinion I think he has done quite a good job about it. Mind
you it is still a science book, it can become “boring” at times
but it has zest in the prose that picks you up now and again to urge
one's curiosity to read further.
One
thing, I would recommend to read this book on a colour rendering
electronic reader or computer. There are quite some stunning photos,
obviously in colour, that if you read them on an ink rendering
e-reader would just pass unnoticed. And more importantly, the colour
in the photos, diagrams or graphs are needed to understand fully the
accompanying text.
You
will find that the book is full of hypertext. In fact more than 25%
of the book is made up of Appendices to help smoothing the reading
experience of the “more scientific stuff”.
So
if all science books could be written in this way, then general
science could be more digestible and easily accessible to many.
The
book is also available as a paperback.
Well
done!
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Journey to Civilization The Science of How we got here
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