Monkeys in space

I think Baz's curiosity was piqued when he found out that monkeys -32 in fact- had been sent into space.

I'm not entirely sure who this book's aimed at. It's got some good bits but didn't really tell me much I didn't already know, although apparently Gordon Ramsey can't bake. For anyone that's after a book about the whole of science I'd recommend Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything.
That said, I did enjoy it, and it is considerably shorter than Bill Bryson's.
I still don't get quantum physics, but rocket science is actually fairly straightforward.