" This writer wants so badly to be Malcolm Gladwell, to build an edifice of anecdata to support a compelling, counter-intuitive thesis. Alas, the book doesn't seem to have a thesis, compelling or otherwise, and the various ways Arbesman approaches thinking about facts and human knowledge not only fail to hang together, but contradict each other. There are a few interesting anecdotes, but as I read I found myself less and less engaged as the anecdotes failed to cohere into anything larger than themselves. "
— Su, 1/24/2014