Review: The Geek Manifesto

This week I've been reading Mark Henderson's book The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters, which discusses the role of science and its geeky proponents in public life. Henderson's principal thesis is that politicians and scientists have been wilfully ignorant of each other for too long, and that it is time for science, its methods, and its practitioners to take a more central place in politics and policy.  This includes statistics, of course, which is why it seemed relevant to the blog.