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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Dawkins (A Devil's Chaplain), the Cambridge University evolutionary biologist, has selected 29 pieces from a broad array of sources to demonstrate the health and vitality of American science writing. His introduction, presenting his defense of science as a way of knowing what is true about the world, is as engaging as any essay in the collection. Given his long-standing defense of evolutionary theory against attack by creationists, it's not surprising that many of the articles he has opted to include have strong political overtones. Explaining his most controversial selection, an essay by space scientists Clark Chapman and Alan Harris, which uses statistics to argue that our reaction to September 11 was out of proportion to the actual loss, Dawkins argues that their piece is "an example of how the scientific way of thinking might influence our lives for the better." Among his fine choices, a number stand out, such as Gary Taubes's much-talked-about article (originally in the New York Times Magazine) calling into question all we have been told about diet and nutrition; one by Daniel Lazare, reprinted from Harper's, asks readers to reconsider what we know about the origins of Judeo-Christian culture; and a column by Audubon's Ted Williams reassesses the logic offered for killing coyotes in Maine. The anthology is provocative and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Famed evolutionist Dawkins gives a second wind to recent magazine articles on science and nature reflecting matters of topical interest as well as those that stay with us from year to year. In the latter category, he selects physicist Steven Weinberg's examination of antiballistic missile defense arguments pro and con, which aren't much different from those in the 1960s when Weinberg worked the technology. For currency, Dawkins picks several pieces dealing with security against terrorists and computer hackers, the authors of which tend to be skeptical of the bandwagon mentality demanding and expecting defense against every conceivable threat. So the volume captures the nervousness of the times, but it calms down in spots with less worrisome, more positive subjects. Readers will delight in a son's tribute to his mother's tenacity to succeed in the male-dominated world of science; they may be inspired to read Silent Spring (1962) by one writer's commemoration of its author, Rachel Carson; and they'll relax with the always amiable Oliver Sacks. Gilbert Taylor
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Dawkins (A Devil's Chaplain), the Cambridge University evolutionary biologist, has selected 29 pieces from a broad array of sources to demonstrate the health and vitality of American science writing. His introduction, presenting his defense of science as a way of knowing what is true about the world, is as engaging as any essay in the collection. Given his long-standing defense of evolutionary theory against attack by creationists, it's not surprising that many of the articles he has opted to include have strong political overtones. Explaining his most controversial selection, an essay by space scientists Clark Chapman and Alan Harris, which uses statistics to argue that our reaction to September 11 was out of proportion to the actual loss, Dawkins argues that their piece is "an example of how the scientific way of thinking might influence our lives for the better." Among his fine choices, a number stand out, such as Gary Taubes's much-talked-about article (originally in the New York Times Magazine) calling into question all we have been told about diet and nutrition; one by Daniel Lazare, reprinted from Harper's, asks readers to reconsider what we know about the origins of Judeo-Christian culture; and a column by Audubon's Ted Williams reassesses the logic offered for killing coyotes in Maine. The anthology is provocative and thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Famed evolutionist Dawkins gives a second wind to recent magazine articles on science and nature reflecting matters of topical interest as well as those that stay with us from year to year. In the latter category, he selects physicist Steven Weinberg's examination of antiballistic missile defense arguments pro and con, which aren't much different from those in the 1960s when Weinberg worked the technology. For currency, Dawkins picks several pieces dealing with security against terrorists and computer hackers, the authors of which tend to be skeptical of the bandwagon mentality demanding and expecting defense against every conceivable threat. So the volume captures the nervousness of the times, but it calms down in spots with less worrisome, more positive subjects. Readers will delight in a son's tribute to his mother's tenacity to succeed in the male-dominated world of science; they may be inspired to read Silent Spring (1962) by one writer's commemoration of its author, Rachel Carson; and they'll relax with the always amiable Oliver Sacks. Gilbert Taylor
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
See all Editorial Reviews
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