Reviews for Uncertain science - uncertain world

The average rating for Uncertain science - uncertain world based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-01-10 00:00:00 Karen Kuder He might not be the most . . . . to the point author, but he seems to get A! point across. The points he does make don't seem to me to fit in with what his original thesis of each chapter was; he seems to have a little ADD . . . SQUIRREL!!! CHASE CHASE CHASE CHASE gotcha!!! ohhhh gee this squirrel has an interesting toe which happens to bring me to my next point. Nonetheless I am enjoyed the book very very much despite his sightly unorganized style. I'll say that if I could write his book for him I would only change the order of some sentences here and some paragraphs there or maybe a section moved to a different chapter. I would not change the order of any of the actual words. So I guess I don't like the editor because it kind of seems like the book is in its first draft. **Spoiler** if there are spoilers in lay scientific books Overall, I thought his main point (as deduced from the first chapter or so) would be how main stream media and most lay people think that science is a load because of its uncertainty, but in reality science's strength comes from its uncertainty. That is a very good point for most people to know (i.e. R_________s). Instead he seems to go down a different path. It seems the book is just about global climate change. Don't get me wrong, he has some very good points on climate change and brings together a lot of the info in a concise manner. Its just that I wasn't expecting a book on climate change. The "issue" of climate change does illustrate the public's views on scientific uncertainty very well and is relevant to his main point. Its just, again, I wasn't expecting that. My Main Point: Good layman's science book. Very good. Read it if you want to know more about climate change. Read it if you want to know about scientific uncertainty (obviously). I would suggest, read it.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-04-16 00:00:00 William Reynolds Gives a very good summary of the main topics related to rationality and when this concept (so used by economists) blurs and does not apply: individual rationality can lead to collective irrationality. Or the emotions (love and hate) can lead to contradictions.