Figuring

So many fascinating people and connections are covered here, and so beautifully. I had a notes list for things I needed to lookup or people I needed to learn more about - hard to construct given that I listened to this book while running! But really, the stories are given so well, I couldn't help myself from wanting to learn more about them.

This book is primarily about people - people who have had an outsized influence on your life - people you have heard of but maybe did not know influenced each other ... or you never understood a particular relationship of people in time - Maria will shine some light on it.

Maria Popova's prose is well-crafted. While she is busy discussing the lives and drives of famous authors and artists and scientists, her words are spinning their own web - I was pausing and replaying to listen to some of the sentences again and again. I don't know if that would be better with a physical book or if it was better audibly.

This book could be read to middle grades on up. I'd recommend it for all - especially budding scientists and artists who might be a little self-critical or anyone who enjoys a good narrative and history.

** I listened to the audible version