Ignorance: How it drives science

Great little book that would make a fine addition to the syllabus of a high school or undergraduate science survey course. The author teaches this course, “Ignorance” at Columbia University and the book is an outline of the major topics students in the course examine in seminars and lectures from working scientists. (Do you want an “A” in a class called Ignorance or an “F”?)
Refreshing interviews and insights into the idea that science is doing its best work when it doesn't know the answers. Science is not a search and destroy mission of finding facts and ending uncertainty. The art of science is being humble about approaching the scientific process and allowing ignorance to become a creative spark and motivational force.