My ScienceBlogging brothers and sisters have been checking out The Republican War on Science in paperback, and I appreciate recent reactions from the following (in no particular order): Uncertain Principles, Respectful Insolence, Thoughts from Kansas, Afarensis, Dispatches from the Culture Wars, Discovering Biology in a Digital World, Mike the Mad Biologist, the Scientific Activist, Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge, and Thoughts from Kansas (again!). Thanks to you all. A few excerpted comments below (sorry I couldn't quote everybody!):
Respectful Insolence: "...one of the things that have most driven me away from the Republican Party has been its policies with regard to opposing and denying valid science, particularly when it comes to evolution and global warming." Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge: "His delivery provides is a perfect blend of contempt and even-handedness (inasmuch as the latter is called for), and the material is provocative without straying anywhere near hysteria." Thoughts from Kansas: "Mooney adds some important suggestions that substantially address my biggest problem with the hardcover, one that other reviewers also raised. The first edition lead us up to the edge, convinced anyone remotely interested in the diverse subjects he explores that these are not unconnected anecdotes, but part of a persistent thread. But then his suggestions of what to do didn't seem nearly enough. We wanted to know what we could do, and finally, in the introduction to the paperback, he answers."
Follow all the links to read more....
