Reviews for Progress in Materials Science (Progress in materials science)

The average rating for Progress in Materials Science (Progress in materials science) based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-10-28 00:00:00 William Reynolds I am a fan of this series. Here we have a collection of fifty scientific theories explained as concisely as possible through text and illustrations. The book is divided into seven broad sections: the macrocosm, the microcosm, human evolution, mind & body, planet Earth, the universe, and 'the knowledge', along with a few biographies on famous scientists like Stephen Hawking and James Lovelock. Cosmology and physics figure heavily, but there is also geology, biology, psychology, and information theory. As someone who is largely illiterate in science I can't evaluate how well it meets its goal, but each entry piqued my curiosity and left me with an impression nonetheless, which is all a book like this should really set out to achieve.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-12-27 00:00:00 Christopher Moore I am so stupid that I couldn't even digest these super-simplified overviews. I liked the pictures, though.