The Science of Science Paperback – 25 March 2021

I found the book in a library in Tokyo, and I rarely write reviews, but this one is so great that I just had to come over and give thanks to the authors.If you are a scientist of any level (even an amateur), or you're at all interested in or concerned about the present state or the future of scientific research, then you CANNOT miss this book. You would be doing a disservice to yourself.As I said in the headline, it's written in a fun, approachable style (they explain every term you may not be aware of, eg: h-index), and is chock full of interesting insights — I took many notes. The best thing about this book is that all the insights, truly fascinating as they are, come from real data, not the authors' imagination.If you dislike books written by armchair philosophers and pseudo-historians who try to find data to fit their narrative and not the opposite, you will especially love this book.