Reviews
"An unashamedly intelligent comedic talent." - Irish Independent "Quite simply one of the funniest, cleverest, and most naturally gifted stand ups I've ever seen." -Jack Milner "With warmth and humour Mark can put a panel of experts and an audience at ease and turn dry data into accessible entertainment." -Institute of Psychiatry "A unique talent for communicating science in a funny, charming, and accurate way. Highly recommended." -Dana Alliance for the Brain "A passionate advocate for science, an innovative approach, a great sense of humour, and the ability to make the mundane seem much more interesting." -Royal College of Surgeons "Tall." -Lichfield Mercury, "An unashamedly intelligent comedic talent." - Irish Independent "Quite simply one of the funniest, cleverest, and most naturally gifted stand ups I''ve ever seen." -Jack Milner "With warmth and humour Mark can put a panel of experts and an audience at ease and turn dry data into accessible entertainment." -Institute of Psychiatry "A unique talent for communicating science in a funny, charming, and accurate way. Highly recommended." -Dana Alliance for the Brain "A passionate advocate for science, an innovative approach, a great sense of humour, and the ability to make the mundane seem much more interesting." -Royal College of Surgeons "Tall." -Lichfield Mercury, "An unashamedly intelligent comedic talent." -Irish Independent "Quite simply one of the funniest, cleverest, and most naturally gifted stand ups I've ever seen." -Jack Milner "With warmth and humour Mark can put a panel of experts and an audience at ease and turn dry data into accessible entertainment." -Institute of Psychiatry "A unique talent for communicating science in a funny, charming, and accurate way. Highly recommended." -Dana Alliance for the Brain "A passionate advocate for science, an innovative approach, a great sense of humour, and the ability to make the mundane seem much more interesting." -Royal College of Surgeons "Tall." -Lichfield Mercury, "Certainly one of the most interesting science books I've read for a long time." - New Statesman "A rollicking roller-coaster ride around the cutting edge of science with dozens of laugh-out-loud moments" - Scotsman "[A] grand tour of charismatic technologies and their prophets ... Stevenson bags an impressive list of interviewees" - Financial Times "Infectiously enthusiastic..." - Sunday Times "He makes a good case for believing that we can have a future worth making an effort to reach." - Guardian "His tools are curiosity, open-mindedness, clarity and reason. That makes his journey intriguing... and ultimately exhilarating." -Chris Anderson, Curator TED.com "Mark Stevenson is the perfect tour guide: optimistic without being naive, fun but not silly, entertaining but enlightening" -Michael Brooks - author of 13 Things That Don't Make Sense "It's invigorating to be led to the far side by someone who sees the bright side!" -Henry Pollack, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and author of A World Without Ice "Genetic innovation. Social robots. Nano factories. The ideas come so quickly, with such great humor" -Peter Miller, Author of The Smart Swarm "a rollercoaster headf**k of a book that leaves you shaking your head and muttering "wow" -Kat Arney (The Naked Scientists) 'Makes a good case for believing that we can have a future worth making an effort to reach' -Jon Turney, Guardian 'Infectiously enthusiastic' - Sunday Times 'A refreshing reminder that the future will always belong to the optimists' - New Scientist 'Refreshingly upbeat' - Big Issue "An unashamedly intelligent comedic talent." - Irish Independent "Quite simply one of the funniest, cleverest, and most naturally gifted stand ups I've ever seen." -Jack Milner "With warmth and humour Mark can put a panel of experts and an audience at ease and turn dry data into accessible entertainment." -Institute of Psychiatry "A unique talent for communicating science in a funny, charming, and accurate way. Highly recommended." -Dana Alliance for the Brain "A passionate advocate for science, an innovative approach, a great sense of humour, and the ability to make the mundane seem much more interesting." -Royal College of Surgeons "Tall." -Lichfield Mercury
