It's a non-fiction book, so there isn't really an ending...In any case, the viewpoint was fresh and there was a lot of interesting support for specific evidence. For example, apparently nuclear bombs were not the entire reason or even a major reason that Japan surrendered in WW2: it was actually due to continuous and precise regular bombing. I think the global and more use-based view that was introduced in this book is actually quite useful to take into account when looking at global politics and economics, since "creole" technology used in the poor world are actually quite important when considering technology use and innovation. I wouldn't recommend this book to someone who isn't willing to get through some pretty verbose sentences, though. Edgerton takes a lot of ideas and says them in a sort of complicated way to better tie in his points and overlook a few key loopholes or fallacies in his logic, like how human labor is used in wars and how deterrence technology, although not cost-effective, was definitely useful in preventing further warfare.
Reviewed by: Baguette Mendez
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I really likes the nerdy humor and little quips made throughout the book, which kept me interested and engaged throughout the reading. There were a lot of drawings done in a comic style, which I discovered were made by one of the authors, which is super cool. The book itself covers a variety of topics, like the origin and exact knowledge about dark energy, dark matter, gravity as a force, anti-particles, quantum mechanics, and what exactly time and space are. The topics are arranged so that they flow relatively smoothly, so I found the information weirdly easy to digest. I think this book has not only given me more context about space and universe and physics stuff, but also about nerd humor like using pet hamsters and pet cats to experiment on shooting particles faster than light (no hamsters or space cats were harmed during the making of the book, probably), and using belligerent pet weasels to explain why things cannot work without causation (leading to weasel and water balloon chaos).
Reviewed by: Baguette Mendez |