Entertaining ... engagingly written ...a worthwhile read for budding explorers of new worlds * Independent * A salutary reminder that scientists are as human and fallible as anyone else -- Steve Jones * Daily Telegraph * Tightly plotted tales of rebellion, drug use and Machiavellian intrigue in the pursuit of enlightenment * We Love This Book * Brooks' take on science is not just ingenious, it's also hilarious -- George Lamb Fun to read. Brooks ... capers through the exploits of scores of brilliant and often ruthless rogues - some living, many long dead - who have won Nobel prizes or otherwise pushed science forward. Some of its biggest names turn out to be the dirtiest players * Financial Times * Brooks outs the extremist boffins - mad, bad and dangerous to know * The Times * A typically provocative claim from a book that wants to strip the white lab coat off scientists and expose the hairy humanity beneath ... celebrates a rough and hairy side of science, and does so entertainingly * Sunday Times * Colourful ...fascinating and serious demonstration of how human foibles and creativity are inseparable, and how this fact is not so dangerous after all -- Steven Poole * Guardian * A call to arms ... Not some idealistic crusade; it has important implications -- Alok Jha * BBC Focus * Clear and concise ... conveys an infectious enthusiasm ... brimming with colourful anecdotes * Morning Star * Michael Brooks is the canniest science writer around. He writes, above all, with attitude ... Free Radicals is brash, freewheeling * Independent *
