COMMENT:A rather disjoint book, with the first four chapters devoted to observations on the nature of science derived from its history, which are hard to understand without a prior background. The last two chapters can be easily read independently, and these, "the Controversy over the End of Science" and "the Anti-Science phenomenon," are of skeptical interest. These point out that there is a serious level of opposition to science that runs deeper than just allegiance to various pseudoscientific beliefs. There is a cultural clash, at the level of coherent world views, and a widespread dissatisfaction with modernism among intellectuals. There are philosophers considering science to be a myth, alienated intellectuals, New Age "Dionysians," and those who consider science to be an expression of power alone. Overall, the implications are serious, and should be noted by skeptics.
