On the face of it, this book is somewhat dated having been published in 2001-2, but there are moments of surprising relevancy!
Cantor‘s “accessible” language can be somewhat cavalier (e.g. casual calling King John a manic-depressive) but it is otherwise engaging and interesting especially in context of the current pandemic 😷
Image: Block quote from the book followed by my comment, “The “it” in the quote...”