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A beautifully written collection of short stories, loosely tied together by the theme of heroic attempts - and failures- of science to create order out of the chaos that is the natural world. Some of the stories are definitely more riveting than others, but each in its own way quickly pulls you in and keeps your attention. A smartypants literary type read.

I loved this book so much that I am scanning for and ordering everything else I can find that Barrett has written. Anyone who loved Lives Of a Cell, Notes Of a Biology Watcher would adore this book. The science is keenly drawn and explained, the historical fiction is richly imagined, and the blend is seamless.

This is a beautifully written books of stories infused with science, nature and history. Intelligently done.

I don't particularly like short stories and hardly ever finish an anthology, but I LOVED this book, and recommend it whenever I get a chance.