Ann K. Finkbeiner, who herself lost a child in 1987, is an award-winning science journalist, co-author of The Guide to Living with HIV Infection, and author of The Jasons and A Grand and Bold Thing. She has won a number of awards for medical and science writing and is the co-owner of the blog: LastWordOnNothing.com. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
"[A] glimpse into the minds of the scientists who have taken on the
job of advising the government of the world's most powerful
nation...Finkbeiner allows the Jasons to speak for themselves; she
often preserves their revelations in direct quotes from her
interviews, and these are what make the book worth reading."
"[A]n important investigation into the relationship between science
and government; between "studying ultimate reality" and "shooting
down missiles;" between the rules of logic and the vagaries of
human nature. At heart, "The Jasons" is a meditation on morality."
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"[F]ascinating [and] disturbing...Finkbeiner's book...carries a
message for those who fear we are entering an anti-science age, in
which right-wing politicians, religious fundamentalists, Luddites
and postmodernists challenge science's authority...Indeed, because
of its immense potential for altering our lives for good or ill,
science needs critics like Finkbeiner now more than ever."
"Never heard of the Jasons? These crack US scientists with
top-secret clearance have advised the Pentagon since 1960 on some
of its toughest problems. Finkbeiner's unusual access makes for a
true story that reads like a Tom Clancy novel."
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