Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: It's an ambitious book, but it fails in its ambitions

I have to disagree with the reviewer who says that students will easily understand this book. My students (undergraduates, some with no science background) had a terrible time with it. Alioto tries to explain some very technicial concepts in a few, dense, sentences, and the book suffers from a lack of pictures and diagrams. However, I do commend his attempt to consider psychological, sociological, and philosophical issues.I would never try to use this book in class again.If anyone can recommend a better book that covers the history of science, I beg you -- please post it here!