My book Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen has been out for about 4 months now, and activity around it has settled down a lot. So it was a lovely surprise when my friend Liza on Twitter pointed out that it was just given a short review in Nature today, as one of “five of the best science picks!”

The short review can be read at this link, but it might be behind a subscription paywall, so here’s the relevant text about Invisibility:

In 2006, two independent groups of physicists speculated on how to design an ‘invisibility cloak’ by guiding light around an object and then on its way, as if it had met no obstacle. Within six months, this proposal was demonstrated experimentally using microwaves rather than visible light. “The future of invisibility is very hard to see,” admits surprised physicist Gregory Gbur at the end of his tantalizing analysis of the phenomenon, ranging over more than 150 years and including science fiction such as The Invisible Man (1897) by H. G. Wells.

This was really nice to see, and made my day! I put a lot of time and thought into this book, so it’s nice to see some recognition of it come back to me.

PS hopefully you’re not all tired of hearing about the book, but I am using these blog posts to also keep track of the various bits of positive press for my own personal enjoyment!