Walter Gratzer, ed. Eurekas and Euphorias (2002)

     Walter Gratzer, ed. Eurekas and Euphorias (2002) A collection of anecdotes, mostly mildly amusing, about scientists, who turn out to be just as human as the rest of us, although perhaps a little more obsessive and absent-minded than most. Reading the book in large chunks is like eating too many potato chips. Along the way one learns a good deal about the history of science, and Gratzer’s context-setting interpolations of scientific concepts and facts impress with their brevity and clarity. This book should be on every high school teacher’s shelf, and University lecturers would do well to consult it for entertaining additions to their lectures. **½ (2004)