Honestly, this book only started to get good around halfway through. Until then, it was pretentious and, in my opinion anyway, devoid of anything meaningful. It was basically an over exaggerated shrine to Aristotle - one that did a terrible job at explaining just why it put him on a pedestal. At some point, it started to feel less like "Aristotle invented science all by himself but none of my claims explain that" and more like "Aristotle contributed to science, and we should recognize that more" and only then did it actually start to be enjoyable. It did have some interesting things to say, but over all, I wasn't too big a fan. I didn't particularly like the writing style, which seemed to put more of an emphasis on being fancy and prose-like, while sacrificing sense and structure. And there were chapters that felt out of place or pointless. However, if you strip all that away, it is, at its core, an interesting book. I'm giving it three stars because I didn't hate it, but I didn't exactly like it. I probably wouldn't read it again - though, if you are fascinated by science and happen to know a lot of biology jargon, I would recommend this book. It's a matter of personal taste, i believe.