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Humanity reaps the many advantages of science while bemoaning the frequent misapplications and abuses of modern technology. Yet far too many of us admit to possessing little, if any, real knowledge of what scientists actually do, why they do it, or whether they should be otherwise occupied in more productive pursuits. Non-scientists need to appreciate the nature, purpose, and goals of science. Conversely, the narrow focus of many science enthusiasts fails to recognize that science cannot help but interact with sources of knowledge beyond its realm, placing scientific endeavors within a...

Strahler (geomorphology, Columbia U.) takes a strong stand in the debate between creation and evolution, but also uses it to explain the processes by which scientific investigation proceeds, and to suggest some criteria for distinguishing science from pseudoscience. A new preface added to the original explains the new tactics of the anti-evolution forces.