A review by mcmurdoc97
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It by Arthur Herman

challenging informative slow-paced

3.75

A very thorough look into the progress that stemmed from Scotland. More involved than I originally anticipated. The author not only tells of the Scottish visionaries in a myriad of fields, but details their theories in depth. I appreciated the stories that the author kept alluding back to in each chapter as it gave a grounding point for me. 
Love all the fun tidbits I now have to pull out at a random party if the conversation ever steers towards the Scottish Enlightenment, the Highland Clearances, the Scottish Tobacco Lords, or Adam Smith’s many theories.