Been reading Napoleon's Buttons, a fascinating review of 13 important (to history) molecules. I was up til 3 am reading, thinking, "Is it to late to go back to school and become a chemistry major?" Such are thoughts at 3 a.m....
It's not the best writing (remember I read Omnivoure's Dilemma and Places In Between recently...). And, frankly, it is a bit over my head (like Jupiter is a tad over my head). Double carbon bonds? I thought that was an investment...
Still, I highly recommend this book. I googled and amazon.com (what's that verb?) the book and found a whole group of science non-fiction that looks interesting to me. I like it when they include the history and people involved (the chapter on "The Pill" was amazing!). Got me thinking about non-fiction...
I've noticed since working in the book box biz that non-fiction is not just growing, but has some of the best writing. I'm not much of a biography reader (I read one about Disney and one about Keats and that's about it, except for the excellent Bill Bryson Shakespeare, which I just read a month ago).
Indeed, I've been rather disappointed by fiction lately. It's rare that I find a satisfying fiction that's well written. So far, the opposite is true in non-fiction.
Or maybe I'm justing getting old and jaded.
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Old and jaded because you like non-fiction? NOWAY! I got myself on a non-fiction kick two years ago. I've read a few random works of non-fiction that were super awesome.
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