How the Scots Invented the Modern World : The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It (Paperback)

from DramMan

The title of this book promises a lot and, as a Scot myself, I came to it predisposed to believe the author's contentions. Yes, Scots were influential thinkers in the Enlightenment period and yes, Scots have punched above their weight as inventors, but in an effort to prove his point Arthur Herma...

from xenchu

This work is an intellectual history of the Scottish Enlightenment which occurred from approximately 1700 to 1900. The first half of the book covers this quite efficiently while the second half goes on to list the contributions of Scots in various fields and various countries. Some of the connect...

from librisissimo

Substance: Lots of information about lots of influential people and events. Lots of people you know about I bet you didn't know were Scots. Style: Straight-forward and informative. Maybe a little hagiographic about Scotland per se.

from MiaCulpa

I have a Scottish friend who is always quick to point out how the Scots are behind all the great advances in history, so it was little surprise that he recommended "How the Scots invented the modern world". The author makes some interesting points about Scotland and its role in influencing Europe...

from DinadansFriend

This is a cheeky, lively book, revealing the advantages of the earliest application of the policy of universal public education. The style is carried on successfully though I got rather more about the Scottish Enlightenment by reading the relevant parts of the "Story of Civilization" by Will and ...