Nine Crazy Ideas in Science by Robert Ehrlich, Princeton University Press,
£16.50, ISBN 0691070016
ROBERT EHRLICH scores Nine Crazy Ideas in Science on a scale of zero
to four “cuckoos”. He defines zero cuckoos as “why not?” and four cuckoos as
“certainly false”. The ideas he discusses are apt to make your eyes pop at least
some small distance out of their sockets. Try this: more guns mean less crime.
This is a proposition that the gun lobby in the US no doubt welcomes and
Charlton Heston would say it ensures him a good night’s sleep. But for Ehrilich
it…
