To understand this book correctly, the reader should pay attention to this disclaimer from the copyright page: "This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously." With that understood, the remainder of the book will make more sense.
Here's another odd quirk, from the Acknowledgements page: "The author greatly acknowledges the assistance of the anonymous reviewers of this manuscript." This is a bit odd. Is the author of the impression that this is a peer-reviewed scientific work? It most assuredly is not.
This book is a personal testimonial from Armitage, and a shallow comparison of the practice of electron microscopy to his Christian religion. It is rather short. Amazon lists it at 72 pages, but that apparently includes the table of contents, title page, list of illustrations, preface, etc. Not counting that stuff, there are 49 numbered pages. The testimonial and narrative are finished by page 21, with the remainder of the book taken up by micrographs which the author found interesting. There are many photos even in the first half of the book. I was able to read the entire volume cover to cover in an hour.
The book does not contain much science. Brief descriptions are included of how to prepare samples for electron microscopy, with dehydration, fixing and metal staining or coating, (which are used as metaphors for Christianity) but nowhere are the principles of either light or electron microscopy explained. Photos chosen for inclusion seem to have been selected on the basis of visual interest, with no attempt to explain their scientific value. The author appears to be a Creationist (his bio mentions involvement with Creation Research organizations, and he refers repeatedly to a "Creator" and to the literal truth of contents of Genesis), but in this work he does not attempt to make a scientific case for his Creationism.
The theology in the book is also rather shallow. Jesus Christ is repeatedly referred to as the "Creator," even though the act of Creation is generally credited to Y-hw-h, aka God the Father, by other Christians. Armitage appears to draw no distinction between God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ anywhere in this book. On page 10 we read that, "Because He (Jesus) is Holy, He can have no fellowship with a sinful being like you or me." This doesn't make any sense to me. Why wouldn't a perfect being who is now above temptation be able to share fellowship with anyone, including sinners? It's not like we're going to corrupt Him.
The quality of spelling and grammar throughout the book is not too bad. I found a few errors, (page 20, "miss identified"; page 21, "willing lottery ticket"), but not all that many considering this is the work of a Creationist. Maybe this is attributable to the mysterious "anonymous reviewers." I am awarding this book an extra star for exceeding my expectations for spelling and grammar in a Creationist work.
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