Reader’s Note
9 out of 10
Nineteen days. Chronological where it can be and thematic where it must be, and the joins are managed better than in most histories I have read. The chapters on how a trial is designed I'd hand to any engineer. A nine.
by@ivor_stackWritten 19 November 2025Read 18 November 2025
Sign in to agreeNo one has agreed with this review yet
About this book
The Emperor of All MaladiesSiddhartha MukherjeeThe Reading Room
More from @ivor_stack
The Making of the Atomic Bomb reviewed by @ivor_stack
The best of them.10 out of 10The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Project Hail Mary reviewed by @ivor_stack
The problem-solving I enjoyed enormously; the jokes I could have done without about a hundred times. Seven, and most of it is for the chapter where he works out the units.7 out of 10Project Hail Mary
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions reviewed by @ivor_stack
I lived through one of these. Permissible stress gave way to limit state design over about a decade, and the older men never converted; they simply retired. He has the mechanism right and nearly everything else vague. Eight.8 out of 10The Structure of Scientific Revolutions