“Rossi has penned one of the weirder and wilder rides in the weird and wild ride that is the history of surfing.”

Steven Kotler, author of West of Jesus: Surfing, Science, and the Origins of Belief

“Gorgeously written and brilliantly researched, this book is both a warning and a wonder.”

Laurie Gwen Shapiro, author of The Aviator and the Showman

“An intriguing look at the history of and current way we perceive color.”

Science

“[A] remarkable and original intellectual history… Masterful in its clarity, logic, and lambent delight.”

Isis, A Journal of the History of Science Society