Reviews

Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson by Jennifer Hecht

barry_sweezey's review

Doubt has a stellar pedigree.

paulfidalgo's review

5.0

A good read, but more importantly, a really solid education; Not simply in terms of the history of doubters, but the history of, well, thought. Of philosophy. For someone who didn't quite get the education he might have liked, this book is a great tour through different ways of thinking about the world, freed from the gauze and blur of supernaturalism.

ghahn3's review

3.0

Started strong, petered out.

kaylana's review

5.0

Jennifer Hecht provides a pretty thorough history of doubt. Who are the doubters, the questioners, the ones who were curious, the ones who rebelled and stood out from the crowd? We get it all in her delightful and informative narrative. I can't praise this book enough!

christhedoll's review

5.0

My first skeptical book!