The Diamond Makers
"Utterly absorbing...Hazen makes the story profoundly exciting, conveying the scientific passion of the researchers....It's a gem."   The Washington Post"Glittering prize....Read it and spread the word."   New Scientist"Hazen tells the very interesting and gripping story of the manufacture of artificial diamonds in this find book."   Choice"...illustrate[s] some of the best attributes of science writing..."   Bloomsbury Review"...a first-class, fascinatingly well written history of the exciting developments that led to the creation of diamonds even from peanut butter."   Science Books & Films"Robert Hazen's The Diamond Makers is a compelling, nontechnical narrative covering centuries of history related to diamond, centered mostly around brilliant, often eccentric and controversial pioneers of research at high pressures...The Diamond Makers is the first mahor publication to cover the whole period from the human point of view, while maintaining scientific integrity...Hazen gives a thorough and exciting account of the history of diamonds and the efforts to synthesize them...As one of the surviving diamond-makers, I an able to vouch for the thorough and open-minded interviews Hazen conducted."    Physics Today"this book will appeal to the interested layperson...It was immensely satisfying to be able to put their entire story on context and have it come alive through Hazen's book."   American Mineralogist"There is virtually no way that The Diamond Makers could miss being an excellent work of great interest to geologists, mineralogists, gemologists, and science historians as well as the layman who enjoys a good read...a fascinating book...The story of diamond synthesis research is so excitingly told that any lay-person, even relatively young ones, would have a hard time putting it down once started and by the time he or she gets to the last page they will have painlessly picked up a lot of science and, most important, have come to realize that science can be pretty exciting stuff."    Earth Sciences History