I can't say this is hysterical, because I never once caught myself bursting out in laughter, but I was completely delighted by each of these cartoons. I understood some of the jokes more than others, but this was overall lovely and I will suggest it for purchase at my library.

This is a delightful collection of comics based around STEM. I really enjoy Tom Cauld's art style and his insightful understated humor. This is a fun collection for any scientist in your life. I have only one nitpick. It's not REALLY about cats. Kind of like his librarian's comic collection was much more about writers and the publishing industry. Slightly misleading titles here.

Still fun. Four stars!

I read every Tom Gauld book I can get my hands on, as I always appreciate his light touch, his color and joy. This is a book that helps the greater world appreciate that he has joined Gary Larson in the important task of making fun of scientists and science. Gauld is not as funny or absurd as Larson, but he is still pretty funny and insightful and makes me smile. As a literature guy, I like the way he weaves literature in with science, at times, helping us reflect on the relationship between both. Thanks for the early look online at this to-be-released October 9, 2025 book to the author, Drawn & Quarterly for their beautiful production (I am only reading it online, but I know what they will do!) and Net Galley.

I didn't understand a lot of these if I am being honest...but I still somehwo really loved it! This guy always delights me. I don't know if this book is necessarily worth a purchase for my public library, however. It reads a little more as a "gift book" if that makes any sense. still good fun though!

This is such an adorable way to talk about physics while looking at hilarious situations of all the shenanigans cats get into. This is a great way to introduce either the subject of science or kitty mischief to anyone.

Tom Gauld is kind of the modern master of minimalist comics. Feels very far side, but the art style is even more rudimentary (in a good way). The comics are clever, thoughtful, and betray a deep knowledge of the whole sweeping arc of scientific history and inquiry. Plus the title and cover are both very eye catching.

I had hoped for a few more cats, but this is a great collection of very funny and accessible science comics. I enjoyed reading it and will recommend it to the science lovers I know!

Thank you to Drawn and Quarterly and NetGalley for the e-ARC.

Another delightful romp from the mind of Tom Gauld, author of "Revenge of the Librarians " and "Department of Mind-Blowing Theories" among others! This time it is a collection of his comics with a science-bent. A quick read, where I found myself chuckling and laughing out loud! I highly recommend this or any of his works.

This was so much fun! I usually enjoy Tom Gauld's writings, he's so funny. But I enjoyed this one enough to stick with it in its entirety, even after growing bored of the one-page stories. I tend to prefer stories that span much wider chunks of the book, but these are funny enough I want to show each page to someone else! I didn't even understand some of the science-y jokes, but enjoyed it nonetheless.

I really enjoyed this book. As someone who loves science, it's so nice to have a joke book that specifically has science jokes.

As someone who knows NOTHING about science, I still found these comics really fun and informative. It reminded me a lot of The Far Side Comics by Gary Larson.

Even though this book was silly comics, it was very enjoyable. I learned a lot from the different comics and I didn't think I would. I would really recommend this book to people who like science, like comics, and/or are looking for something that is a delight to read.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book.

I've seen work by this creator online and always enjoy them. The details are simple but robust-- each cell is perfect, just the right amount of illustration to convey the scene and the joke. For readers of xkcd.

eARC from NetGalley.

This is a lighthearted and hilarious collection of science comics- perhaps the first of its kind! Would make a wonderful gift for anyone working in the field, or anyone that loves smarty-pants comedy.

Very silly. It is genius in its simplicity. So many of the sciences were included. I know I didn't get all of the jokes, but since there were so many different disciplines I was able to understand others.

4 stars

Let me state initially that none of the pages in the digital previews I was given had page numbers so that I’ll have to identify comics by first line.

Tom Gauld continues to show himself as competent-to-brilliant in more less every project to which he turns his hand (though this is his second collection of cartoons for the British magazine New Scientist, so it shouldn’t be any kind of surprise). Like his other short cartoon collections, the standout feature is his amazing diagrammatic-yet-detail-filled, stylized-yet-crosshatched cartooning style. The scientific subject for the comics is served well by his is flair for fantastic machinery, as displayed in comics such as “Impressive!...but isn’t your work here purely theoretical?” and “one down. Two to go.” Comics such as “The rewilding project” and “Having been designated as the control group” shows his deft touch with crowded illustration. While the illustrations are stellar, the humor behind the comics is somewhat uneven. For instance, “where do you see yourself in a hundred years?”, “Even the professor’s naps” or “How’s the machine coming along?” are rather poor exercises in simple premises, but can be contrasted with some hilarious pieces also to be found in the book (since poor humor is much less subjective than good humor, I only tentatively propose that “this is a portrait of the founder” and “well, either our growth serum” are standouts.

Ultimately, I think the slightly feeble humor of some of the comics might be the result of their being divorced from their original context, where they sat as topical deconstructions of the serious scientific articles surrounding them in New Scientist.

This is a collection of funny, goofy, and science-y comics from Tom Gauld, great for people who are already fans of his comics, or anyone with a bit of a science background looking for a laugh. Revenge of the Librarians is a favorite in our house, and this is another great bunch of comics, focused now on the lives and imaginations of scientists of all sorts. (I personally would have loved more cats — but still enjoyed reading through all of the comics!)

Very cute comics for those who like to think, whether or not they are scientists. Gauld dry humor is a wonderful antidote to anti-science thinking!

Nice, light volume with a good mix of science in-jokes balanced with science-y real world fun. Not specific for physics, many disciplines are represented and there a quite a few that will resonate with anyone who's done labwork before. Illustrations are not elaborate, but good enough to get the point across, and work well with the humor. I could see a science teacher putting some of these comic strips around the classroom/on an office door for fun or using them to introduce a topic or break up the monotony of a powerpoint.

I have been a fan of Gauld since
first seeing his
quirky, esoteric
but utterly brilliant
comics pop up of Facebook.

All at once his work if
intelectual, literary,
high and both low brow.

Most of all these comics
are unique and
totally hilarious.