>>12457426As in its not an academic book. It's a book for a general audience. It's definitely well written, and probably interesting for an educated laymen, but it's pretty basic and a lot of what it cover is common knowledge to anyone with a degree in anything like physics/math/biology/linguistics/computer science/philosophy. If you don't work in or study one of these fields, then it might be a great book. For example, I think it would be great for a college educated adult studying on their own, or for an intelligent high school student. However, if you work in STEM or you are even studying a STEM subject in undergrad, then you could be doing better.
It's like reading an abridged version of Shakespeare or Homer or something. There's nothing wrong with it, and I would certainly encourage someone who hasn't read a lot of Shakespeare or Homer (like myself) to read an abridged version, if that's what they're thinking about. But if you say that you want to be a scholar of literature, classics, etc. and you are reading an abridged version of Shakespeare, then you are really not pushing yourself or living up to your potential.
