The book makes for interesting reading and will be exciting for all those eager to know more about the growth, evolution and spectacular successes of the Indian space programme.

The book places the most significant contributions of the CSIR laboratories in a historical context riding on the vision and leadership of its 24 Director Generals over the past eight decades.

The book attempts to take its readers to the interesting facts of the universe — from its beginning to contemporary theories.

A well explained and in depth review of ‘‘Survival at Stake — How Our Treatment of Animals Is Key to Human’’.

The book is an exciting read that answers various puzzling questions about the moon.

The book, when read from cover to cover, is likely to not just make readers wonder and ponder, but also motivate them to not blunder and squander.

An Immense World by Ed Yong — a ‘magic-suffused’ 13-chaptered, 450-pager — may appeal a little more to the scientifically-inclined, considering that Yong is essentially a Pulitzer-Prize-winning science writer.

An interesting attribute of this book is that it is student-friendly as the language used is simple, easily understandable and with lucid sentences.

The book is a valuable document on the history of science in India, and a great contribution of SPK Gupta who has authored well-researched biographies of Indian scientists Y Subbarow and KS Ramayya in the past.

“Prevention is better than cure” has never been more true than the times we live in.