I have the book on my desk, and I look at it to get my mind off the nerdy stuff. These recipes are over the top - I'm more likely to call my mother and say, 'How do you make that brisket?' But this is incredibly produced, incredibly photographed, a coffee-table book that says food is as important as art. "I used to work as a chef, so I can't cook for less than eight or ten people and don't follow recipes. The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller. Boorstin: great storytelling, with enough footnotes to believe she probably got it right." They built it using bricks from a fort and lead from an old gatehouse, on land lopped off a gun-practice range. For example, how Greenwich Observatory started as a military project - its funding came from the sale of surplus gunpowder. Her book shows the human interplay among giants like Boyle, Hooke, Newton, Halley, and Wren through little-known and surprising stories.
"The late-1600s Royal Society gang created our scientific revolution, and Jardine covers their history with a broad sweep. Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution by Lisa Jardine.
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