A short criticism

[urbpan]

I'm about a quarter the way through Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. Does anyone else think that Bryson spends an inordinate amount of time and ink scrutinizing the warts of scientists?

Comments

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Not at all - I thought his writing was hysterical, clever, and very readable.

[mperrotti76.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I also agree with Mr. Pan.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

If you've read other books of his, that's really just Bryson's style - he's very irreverent. I think part of the point was to make this an interesting science book for non-science types.