I have only read the introduction excerpt Yong published in the Atlantic， but that piece and Yong's reputation is enough for me to credibly recommend this book。 Yong's defining of COVID as an "omnicrisis" was mentally groundbreaking for me （a word he seems to have invented。 It exists on the internet， but the highest result is an urban dictionary definition from 2013 with a single upvote）。 This is， of course， something we all felt and knew from 2020 on， but Yong's encapsulation of this into a sin I have only read the introduction excerpt Yong published in the Atlantic， but that piece and Yong's reputation is enough for me to credibly recommend this book。 Yong's defining of COVID as an "omnicrisis" was mentally groundbreaking for me （a word he seems to have invented。 It exists on the internet， but the highest result is an urban dictionary definition from 2013 with a single upvote）。 This is， of course， something we all felt and knew from 2020 on， but Yong's encapsulation of this into a single word sort of serves as a microcosm of what the whole introduction was doing for other things。 What I mean is: his new take on science writing in this piece is groundbreaking。 I truly believe it will become a foundational piece for the future of science writing， and has made the first step in explaining how science writing and journalism has developed into something far more all-encompassing and almost literary since 2020。 He still （rightfully） acknowledges that science writing can and should at times remain distant from the complexity of human ways， and I believe this tethering of the genre to empiricism is what will make science writing a unique and artistically demanding form of writing。 Yong， you've really done it this time。 I can't wait to read。 I'm so excited about this that I made this account just to explain how great this introduction is。 。。。more