Abstract
A panorama of books on science for the general public is dismal. It shows a landscape grey and flat, monotonous, with repetitious features looking all the same. Formulaic and regurgitative writing has become the norm. Only a few areas of science are deemed worthwhile. Yet the public is thirsty for a taste of knowledge in the making, even for erudition. Some authors continue to create original and magnificent texts. Thus there is hope for the present bleak situation to improve. This essay review feeds on the twin virtues of lucidity and guarded optimism.
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