Dan Levitt's What's Gotten Into You is chock full of information both interesting and mind-blowing. Even though he runs wildly off course at times to deeply illustrate a point, the detour is well worth the trip. This exploration of atomic processes and the journey taken by ferociously determined scientists to uncover the secrets of life reads like a science history/mystery. Levitt is careful to critique the past prejudices and bias formerly held by the scientific community, and when appropriate, critiques the current ones as well. Written with sympathy to the limited knowledge available at the time, his account of the flawed but determined mission by scientists of the past to answer impossible questions is both enlightening and fascinating. Highly recommended!