The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected : A Natural Philosopher’s Quest for Trout and the Meaning of Everything (Hardcover)

from ShawnMarie

I really wanted to like this book. I've tried picking it up three times. I can't get past page 4. I tried skipping the Prologue all together (does anyone else read them anyway?) I never made it more than a couple pages into the first chapter. I've fly fished and I've pondered nature but no matter...

from Kesterbird

I've gotta stop signing up for these "free in exchange for an honest review" things. I've really gotta. I'm sure the author is a very smart man, and a fabulous conversationalist. Sadly, reading this book is no more (no less, either) interesting than listening to a physics undergrad who has just t...

from Cheryl-L-B

An interesting melange of subjects including fly fishing, physics, global warming, divorce, world travel, agnostic beliefs, vegetarianism and much more. A bit disjointed at times as the author tells of relating to his younger self while wading in various rivers. Rather like reading someone's pers...

from chuck_ralston

This is a story of a physicist (with the old fashioned title of Professor of Natural Philosophy) who re-discovers the art, the technique of fly fishing, which skill in turn led to a re-evaluation of childhood dreams and their linkages to science, discovery, and meaning in life. The epigraph headi...