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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
by Natalie Angier
by Natalie Angier
Reading The Canon, A Chronology:
Chapter One: "Oh, interesting. I'd never thought about it that way before. Ha ha, clever." *giggles*
Chapter Two: "I had forgotten about that!" *feels superior for remembering the basics of probability* *chuckles at a drawn out word play*
Chapter Three: "Huh, that's neat." (100th bad pun.) *crickets*
Chapter Four: "I can't see the science for all of the terrible 'funny jokes'."
Chapter Five: *feels the need to assault someone*
Chapter Six: "YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY BE SERIOUS. WHO TOLD YOU TO WRITE LIKE THIS? HAVE YOU NO SELF RESPECT?"
Chapter Seven: "YOU MADE THAT SCIENCE FACT UP SO YOU COULD FORCE THAT PUN. DON'T THINK I'M NOT ON TO YOU."
Chapter Eight: *brain erases all previous scientific knowledge in self-defense, hoping to make the book end*
Chelsea: *gives up, FINALLY*
The science content was fascinating - broken down, but not dumbed down - and the scientists quoted were interesting and witty. The writing was atrocious, and made me want to stab people, starting with the author. The book gets an extra star for putting the very well done chapter on probability up front, so I could get through it before I began to hate the very existence of the universe for leading to the study of science and thus the writing of this book.
Chapter One: "Oh, interesting. I'd never thought about it that way before. Ha ha, clever." *giggles*
Chapter Two: "I had forgotten about that!" *feels superior for remembering the basics of probability* *chuckles at a drawn out word play*
Chapter Three: "Huh, that's neat." (100th bad pun.) *crickets*
Chapter Four: "I can't see the science for all of the terrible 'funny jokes'."
Chapter Five: *feels the need to assault someone*
Chapter Six: "YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY BE SERIOUS. WHO TOLD YOU TO WRITE LIKE THIS? HAVE YOU NO SELF RESPECT?"
Chapter Seven: "YOU MADE THAT SCIENCE FACT UP SO YOU COULD FORCE THAT PUN. DON'T THINK I'M NOT ON TO YOU."
Chapter Eight: *brain erases all previous scientific knowledge in self-defense, hoping to make the book end*
Chelsea: *gives up, FINALLY*
The science content was fascinating - broken down, but not dumbed down - and the scientists quoted were interesting and witty. The writing was atrocious, and made me want to stab people, starting with the author. The book gets an extra star for putting the very well done chapter on probability up front, so I could get through it before I began to hate the very existence of the universe for leading to the study of science and thus the writing of this book.
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While I can't say that I had the stamina to stick it out as long as you did--well done, really--your experience matches my rather abbreviated version completely, particularly your response to chapter six. Dear god, someone needs to shoot that woman's pen right out of her hand.