To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before
A Joyous Journey Through All of Science

I chose this book because it looked very approachable from the view point of a non-scientist like me. It was very approachable and readable but for me, it was still mostly a chore to get through! There were many names that were familiar to me from partially remembered and unappreciated science lesso......more

Ein Buch über die wissenschaftliche Neugier und wie diese zur Veränderung unserer Welt geführt hat. Dabei gibt er kurze historische Einblicke in die wichtigsten wissenschaftlichen Errungenschaften der letzten Jahrhunderte. Von Currie bis Einstein sind alle vertreten. Deswegen ist dieses Buch nur unt......more

This was an interesting book covering a wide range of topics from evolution to space travel to AI. I love how Luke explains things in a fun and accessible way so you don't necessarily need a scientific background to enjoy this. My favourite part is finding out that Charles Darwin made a pro and con l......more

A very clearly written book about science from historical times to the present day. Luke O'Neill brings a humour to the subject which is lacking in some other books about the subject and, being a scientist himself, he can talk with authority about many of the issues facing humankind today, ending wi......more

a fun and intriguing book covering the history and advances in a wide range of science fields. even topics that I usually didn’t give much thought to, like space travel, were made interesting by Luke.......more