Knowing What We Know

At this point this is the fifth book I've read by Simon Winchester, and I generally quite enjoy his writing. This was easily the weakest entry for me though, with an opening that couldn't quite grip me. The latter half of the book was quite interesting, though had multiple stories that were lifted right out of [b:Pacific: The Ocean of the Future 25816988 Pacific The Ocean of the Future Simon Winchester https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1436994086l/25816988.SY75.jpg 44444259]. Maybe that wouldn't have been as noticeable if I hadn't just finished that one, but it was glaring to me!By all means not a bad book, but many of his other shine much brighter by comparison.