Reviews

Out of the Shadow of a Giant: Hooke, Halley, and the Birth of Science by Mary Gribbin, John Gribbin

laurel1985's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

olityr's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.0

abigail_spencer's review

funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

richardmtl's review

4.0

3.5, upping it to 4. I had no idea that Newton was such a jerk! I learned a lot about this period in the history of science, but I was occasionally annoyed by the multiple "We're only mentioning topic X right now but we'll get back to it later". There must have been a similar formulation used at least 10 times in this book. Still, overall entertaining!