A persuasive, timely interrogation of one of our age's most dangerous assumptions: that information is the same as understanding, and that everything which counts can be counted.

This is exactly the type of book we need to be reading as society considers the computerized control of nearly all the systems that affect our lives.

A smart and thoughtful overview of algorithms and how they affect our daily lives.

Elegant, adroit biography...delightful

Georgina Ferry's biography captures not only the scientific advances made by Perutz but also his curious personal qualities

Ferry's story... proceeds with pace and clarity, explaining the science vividly and buoyed throughout by an infectious enthusiasm

[A] marvellous biography of one of the least known of the twentieth century's great scientists...Ferry has mined gold into the lives of two of the founders of structural biology; I can't wait to see who she tackles next

Max Perutz, one of science's great ambassadors... has been given a meaty biography by former New Scientist writer Georgina Ferry

Georgina Ferry has produced a first rate account of his life... there is no difficult physics and the story will appeal to anyone who wants to know how science works and how exciting scientific research can be

Fascinating

Elegiac and personal… Highly recommended

A stirring tribute to the marvel of all living creatures

Entertaining and provocative

Exciting, breathless

[Girling] writes with verve and passion and he makes his case persuasively, with knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment… Brimful with facts and arguments

A thought-provoking study

A delight to read