James shreeve biography

This is not only the best book I've read on human origins, but lands in the top five of all science writing I've encountered as well. Shreeve is clever enough to know that science is first and foremost a human endeavor, and accompanied by the same pride, vanity, competitiveness and genius as any other pursuit.

He uses this to make the scientists he profiles here entirely relatable.

All this is greatly enhanced by his instincts as a writer. He begins the book in a crowded French cafe, packed with people who've been chased inside by the rain.

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His companion pulls a piece of skull out of his backpack, unswaddles it from the t-shirts it's wrapped in, and pointedly ignores it for twenty minutes while making idle chitchat with the author, stirring his coffee, eating his croissant.

Strangers pressed in around them gradually take notice, but being cool people, try to pretend to ignore it. Snack completed, he picks the