- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409088233
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 208
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409088233
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 208
Johnson's mix of the personal, the erudite and crystalline prose is -- like the pull of gravity (see beautiful experiment number 1) -- an irresistible force.
Scientific American
As a science journalist, Mr. Johnson is a seasoned translator of technical jargon. He also has a sharp eye for human plot, both in and out of the laboratory . . . a certain spirit of wonder breathes through Mr. Johnson's chapters.
New York Sun
Johnson has a good feel for detail . . . and an easy touch with larger concepts . . . Johnson's lively book nicely evokes the lost world of the tabletop experiment .
New York Times Book Review
Johnson's lively book... finds beauty throughout science - even among dead frogs and drooling dogs
Scotsman
Johnson manages to convey the heart-stopping wonder of discovery
Radio 4, Today programme
In describing these beautifully simple works of genius, Johnson reveals as much about the corporatist nature of modern science as he does about early research
Scotland on Sunday
Johnson's essays balance human interest and scientific wonder in equal measure, making for a delicious succession of vignettes
Guardian
Most of us know the outlines of the stories he tells but in his hands they again evoke the eureka moment that in each case changed people's undrstanding of how the world worked.
Nicholas Bagnall, Sunday Telegraph
A delightful read that will stimulate the scientist inside everyone
Bluesci
Delightful, succinct, elegant.
Roger Penrose