In the lucid and information packed style that has rendered the author outstanding in the juvenile science field, Isaac Asimov describes twenty-six men and the moments at which they reversed the course of scientific thought [in Breakthroughs in Science]…. Embracing every area of science, this is a readable text which should interest even the most reluctant student, and is therefore recommended to school libraries.

A review of "Breakthroughs in Science," in Virginia Kirkus' Service, Vol. XXVIII, No. 19, October 1, 1960, p. 869.