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“Reading Wootton’s book helped me understand the broader insight”
Sam McNerney gives his view on The Invention of Science.
Intellectual fireworks galore
“Wootton is a dazzling explicator of difficult ideas whose relish for his material is evident”
Matthew Price reviews The Invention of Science for The Boston Globe.
Times Higher Education Book of 2015
The Invention of Science is listed as a Times Higher Education Book of 2015.
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The World Economic Forum lists The Invention of Science as one of the best reads of 2015 in the field of science and technology.
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A gift that will educate as well as entertain
NBC lists The Invention of Science as one of the notable tech and science books for 2015.
A year of reading immersively
A robust, expertly synthesised revisionist retelling of the scientific revolution by a commanding historical mind.
The Invention of Science is one of Nature’s Top 20 books of the year.
Best Books of 2015
A masterly account of the “scientific revolution”
Financial Times lists The Invention of Science as one of the best science books of the year.
Clear, fascinating, ambitious
“Wootton tells his tales well and portrays characters vividly. He writes with wit, and his book is full of surprises.”
Robert P. Crease reviews The Invention of Science for The Wall Street Journal.
Vibrant and impressive
“The Invention of Science is a marvel of expositional clarity”
Steve Donoghue reviews The Invention of Science for The Christian Science Monitor.
For science buffs with a literary streak
The Best Science Gifts of 2015
The Huffington Post and Inverse list The Invention of Science as one of the best science gifts of the year.