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Old 01-03-2011, 01:17 PM   #24
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Quoting for truth, I picked it up over Christmas and am about half way through. Does a great job of explaining some complicated concepts so the average person can at least start to understand them.
Bryson also does a great job keeping it interesting by telling stories about kooky scientists and their experiments (which seem crazy by today's standards). Marie Curie's lab book, which she used frequently, is still too radioactive for people to be directly exposed to it.
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