Luca Turin’s engaging new book follows this form, but doesn’t feel at all like something we’ve read before - which is a tribute both to its subject and to its author. Add a judicious sprinkling of personal history throughout, and voilà, the formula covers everything from quantum physics to geology to evolution. They begin with some personal history of how the author became interested in a subject, move on to an explanation of the generally agreed science of the subject, and then describe the specific angle taken by the author on the subject’s remaining mysteries.
Popular science books have a set form, which in its way is as strict as the sonnet.
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