Interested....

A real love letter to science, and very, very Robin Ince. It occasionally rambles along in an entertaining way, is driven by science fact, but allows (plenty of) room for alternative views, respect and understanding. And imagination, there's a whole chapter on that.

This isn't a science textbook, though occasionally there are big concepts being explained that will still have you scratching your head, but conveys how science can (and should) be for everyone.

I'm in a similar boat to Robin, in school I felt like I should enjoy science, but the way it was taight at the time (80s into early 90s) more often than not excitement and discovery were quashed. The moments where you were told to throw some element through a bunsen burner flame to see what colour it created, or got the people with the longest hair to play with the Van der Graaf generator, were too few and far between.

It's only in later life that I've been drawn back in, generally through podcasts, and the occasional desire to find out how things might work. This book gave me so many moments of self-realisation, as well as a better understanding of quite a number of topics.

Highly recommended