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reviewed Great Essays in Science by Martin Gardner

Martin Gardner: Great Essays in Science (1994) 4 stars

Pretty solid collection

4 stars

I'd love to see someone take up the editorial mantle of Gardner and give us a more modern version that includes less white men. Otherwise, I only skipped a few. I placed around 40 post-it flags to go back and consider more fully in my reading notes. It definitely cemented my conviction to read Darwin and Oppenheimer in the future.

replied to Julie R's status

@abetterjulie -- yep, The Origin is a fine pop science read, all the better because D had to jettison his plans for a multi volume colossus & focus on the reasoning. Endearingly modest, too -- a whole chapter on all the potential weaknesses. And the Beagle voyage is good too. Also recommend Rebecca Stott's 2 books, D & the Barnacle, and D's Ghosts.