Reddit reviews Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society
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I absolutely agree that skepticism, when it's based on empirical evidence, is a healthy and fundamental part of the scientific method. But the problem I have in this regard as it relates to climate change, is that much of the "skepticism" I have seen is almost completely devoid of empirical evidence.
As an aside, have you read Seeing Further? It sounds like you would enjoy it.
Seeing further!
Mr Bryson wrote a great introduction book to science some time ago, and now he has written another one.
Both are great highly recommended as starting points , you can read about the origin of almost every branch of modern science, learn a bit and discover which topics interest you the most, so you can find other sources to really study. (The first book is called 'A Short History of Nearly Everything)
I find that science history and biography gives a good understanding of scientific methods, and when written for the lay-person, doesn't get so bogged down in technical jargon.
Here are a few of my favorites:
(Also check out his biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feynman)
And here are a few on my to read list:
I hope that helps.