Ken Miller has composed a thought-provoking essay about our book entitled, Unscientific America? A Few Thoughts on a Book and its Critics. He begins by considering some central themes:
..In an age when traditional media like newspapers and television have been shedding their science journalists, there can be little doubt that their core thesis is spot on. As they note, to make matters even worse, the scientific community itself harbors ingrained prejudices and resentments against those whom, like Sagan or Stephen Jay Gould, some regard as mere "popularizers" of the discipline.
And is justly critical on certain points as well:
To be sure, there are problems with this book. It's a lightweight - just 132 pages. It's too glib - solving science illiteracy and scientific underemployment at a stroke is more than a bit of a stretch. And the demotion of Pluto from planetary status misfires as an example of ...
