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Cool Science Radio - April 20, 2017

 

  Today Lynn Ware Peek and John Wells speak with Kitty Ferguson who has written a book called,  "Lost Science: Astonishing Tales of Forgotten Genius."  She talks about 10 individuals who played a role, however obscure, in forming the science we treasure today.  

 

Then,  Dave Levitan, he’s a journalist and has written a book that is very timely…. for reasons we might not need to state: his book is called, "Not A Scientist:  How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent and Utterly Mangle Science. " He begins with President Ronald Reagan and the first utterance of, “I’m not a scientist, but…”