Good as these chapters are, they make heavy demands on the lay reader.

ECONOMIST: Nobel prizes

To the lay reader, this might not make a lot of sense.

FORBES: Russia's Bond Market Grows Up

His work, although I am unconvinced by some of it, was very important, and he was good at communicating to the lay reader (including philosophers).

FORBES: Harvard Scientist Resigns Over Misconduct

For a lay reader, corporate taxation can be pretty overwhelming stuff, but Marty is a terrific writer and makes the story as accessible as possible.

FORBES: Two Good New Books on Tax Reform

While the maths may at times prove too technical for the lay reader, the strength of the book lies in its many individual stories and case histories.

ECONOMIST: Science and the Nazis

Clearly accessible to the lay reader, it also stood smack in the middle of the intellectual debate about just how much evolution has to say about human behaviour.

ECONOMIST: Neuroscience