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Hugely impressive. No one makes complex science more fascinating and accessible - and indeed more pleasurable - than David Bodanis (Bill Bryson )
A technological odyssey complete with heroes and villains, triumph and tragedy - a true scientific adventure (Simon Singh, author of BIG BANG and FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM )
Bodanis unpeels these layers of the electrical onion expertly; his writing is vigorous and sometimes ecstatic . . . ELECTRIC UNIVERSE is a high-voltage performance (DAILY MAIL )
A compelling, fast-paced read (OBSERVER )
A technological odyssey complete with heroes and villains, triumph and tragedy - a true scientific adventure (Simon Singh, author of BIG BANG and FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM )
Bodanis unpeels these layers of the electrical onion expertly; his writing is vigorous and sometimes ecstatic . . . ELECTRIC UNIVERSE is a high-voltage performance (DAILY MAIL )
A compelling, fast-paced read (OBSERVER )
Simon Singh, author of BIG BANG and FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM
'A technological odyssey complete with heroes and villains, triumph and tragedy -- a true scientific adventure'
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Trvial and superficial,
By Aspidistra (Surrey, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World (Hardcover)
I agree with the other reviewers who considered this book superficial. It only touches upon the interesting experimental aspects of the subject and provides way too much irrelevant padding. Whilst I appreciate it may make for more easier reading to provide background material on the personalities and have enjoyed this when done in balance by other authors I feel this one simply neglects the main theme in favour of irrelevances - why include a paragraph quoting Hitler and why the lengthy discussion of Bomber Harris and air raids on Germany - the obvious point about the influence of radio/radar could have been made much more succinctly. All in all lightweight and trivial with glaring omissions in it's central subject.
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Not a good read,
By Antony (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World (Hardcover)
Just overall a boring book and not written well. I couldn't finish it I had to stop reading in the end :(
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Wonderful,
By S. Mortimer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World (Hardcover)
This book succeeded in showing the romantic and exciting side of the discoveries made on electricity over the last two or three hundred years, while remaining straight-forward and simple enough for anyone to enjoy. Highly recommended!
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