A short description on everything

It does not get any better than this : We all know the diameter of the earth, how life emerged from the primal soup or Einstein's relatvity theorem (As a geek, I except you to), but no one really knows how we got to this knowledge, how many lifes and money were spent to discover this information, how many people contributed small pieces to the big puzzle called our origin. For example : Did you know Dalton (the guy who discovered Daltonism) was a big contributor to determine the mass of the Earth or Einstein's theorem was used to determine the age of the universe. Well, I you don't and want to know : here is the perfect book for you : scientific and funny. You will love it

And his closing conclusion is one of the most modest ever.