Blue Dot

Best Of Blue Dot: What Is This Thing Called Science Anyway?


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Dave visits with James Zimring, author of the new book What Science is and How it Really Works. In a wide-ranging conversation that covers everything from the methodology of science, news flash, there really isn't a "Scientific Method" like the version you saw in your high school biology textbook, to some of the most important social issues of our day like the anti-vaccination movement and climate change science denial.
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Blue DotBy Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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