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It's Not Rocket Science (2012)

by Ben Miller(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1847445012 (ISBN13: 9781847445018)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Little, Brown Book Group (United Kingdom)

review 1: This is a tricky one to comment on. Ben Miller is incredibly clever and very very funny - to me a mixture I am deeply jealous of. But his writings - first off the passion he feels for the subject cannot be denied- however like all clever people who love a subject at times you do get the feeling you want to tap him on the shoulder and say wooo - slow down there and let my brain catch up. Now that is not to say he patronises you or blows you away with technobabble - no his work is very accessible the problem is that many of the lines of his explanations go along he lines where technobabble and high principles are necessary or even demanded - so you do have to ride out the wave as it were. Now that I have said that i feel guilty as I too was a scientist at a time and know wha... moret it is like to be in the think of things - however I also know you are picking up this book to read out of interest and personal achievement - so you have to keep it interesting. And yes Mr Miller has achieved that - I am not sure how well he will write on a subject he is not so passionate about or even so knowledgeable - i guess that is where passion and drive are replaced by practice and natural ability. I for one would be eager to see what else he produces and see if I feel as enlightened and a little confused as I do after reading this one
review 2: Some excellent ideas in the first half: How come there's water on earth when it started out as a ball of molten rock?Grandmother's footsteps in the history of our planet. Written in a frenetic Transatlantic style inclined to patronise the reader with some knowledge of science. Fascinating sketches of not so well known observers such as Heinrich Schwabe and sunspots. A fun, boyish read which promised more. less

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