This book should be on everyone's reading list. John Woestendiek takes you into the various people in the book in depth and lets you get to know each one. While this is a book about science, you will never read another science book like this. The depth, the imagery, the characters are all one of a kind and he brings you right there with him. If all science books were written like this, we would all be science scholars! Thank you John for opening my eyes to quite a bit! You are now on my top author lists! The only downfall? After January 2011 - so many would love to receive this gift over the holidays!