Lewis Dartnell

Good writing, and some interesting stuff, but too much introduction and not enough actual book. Not convincing or really coherent.

This book was a joy to read: it was engagingly written and felt securely anchored in the understanding of science and history. I don't think there was much I didn't already know something about already, but the book did an excellent job of showing those things in context, and from a new angle. I could have easily read for another 300 pages.

I picked this up after reading Station Eleven a fictional account of a group of global Pandemic survivors. It is essentially a how-to book on what you need to know in order to survive and reboot our world if that Pandemic or other event happens.

As a former editor for how-to technology books I give this five stars. It is practical and accessible. Reading it now--you learn alot of what makes our current world work.