Review: Infinity in The Palm of Your Hand by Marcus Chown

Infinity in The Palm of Your Hand by Marcus Chown

“Nothing is too wonderful to be true”. - Michael Faraday

In Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, Marcus  Chown tackles those little jaws dropping scientific facts that make you scratch your head and wonder how he had the time to do the research, study, find and write them all down, but completely grateful that he did. It amazed me how he took not only the time to find these facts but to also write them down and share them in his new book. I thought it was funny how he points out that he wanted to share the Top Ten Bonkers things about the world, which as a title of a book sounds like I would pick it up and read it because of the title alone. Some of the things I found positive about this book in particular beyond the facts, research and studying into the science but the fact he was strong enough as a scientist to point out the shortcomings of previous theories of scientist point out the faults of those theories but show how now we know more about evolutionary, extraterrestrial and human studies that we knew previously; he did not see it as necessary to make these scientist sound like failures. I can not believe how easy these fifty wonders of the universe was to read and even those who normally do not enjoy science books could find this book enjoyable. I am glad I took the time to pick it up this little jewel and I will be definitely will be recommending it to fellow students of science whether professionally or personally. If you are looking for a good scratch your head book this is for you and he will make the learning enjoyable and give you a laugh or two.