{"product_id":"certainly-uncertain-the-limitations-of-knowledge-and-the-uncertainty-of-belief-9798995469612","title":"Certainly Uncertain: The Limitations of Knowledge and the Uncertainty of Belief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A thought-provoking deep dive into how we understand the world and what we come to believe about it. Presented with both humor and intellectual rigor. Highly recommend.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Julianna K. Wilson, Ph.D. Entomology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Will Swain writes with the kind of curiosity that feels both down to earth and subtly radical. Drawing from decades as a science educator and a lifetime of lived inquiry, this book doesn't tell you what to think-it invites you into a richer, more compassionate understanding of how we come to know, believe, and make meaning.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Renee Zukin, Educator, Entrepreneur, \u0026amp; Author of Every Day, I'm Brave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCertainly Uncertain\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about how we attain knowledge and how we form our beliefs. These two topics are amazingly entangled and complicated. This book uses a variety of topics to untangle and illuminate knowledge and belief in fascinating detail without ever getting boring. Swain uses a conversational tone with humor, stories, and research to explore these ideas using a wide array of topics. From bigfoot to neurobiology, Galileo to epigenetics, the notion of free will to the Salem witch trials, this book entertains and offers a blueprint for evaluating our own thinking. The book also offers a path forward to a broader understanding of the beliefs of others.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Will Swain writes with wit, in an easy-to-read voice. He makes complex ideas understandable and interesting.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Judd Lyons, Retired Major General and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The book was as thought-provoking and clever as it was charming. Swain's ideas and arguments are intellectual, inclusive, and refreshingly insightful . . . and I learned more about Bigfoot than I ever expected!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Sean Strain, editor and former vice president of Entrepreneur Press \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Swain's remarkable book encourages us to critically evaluate our thinking in a cultural environment where facts can be obscured by misinformation and political spin. In this massively entertaining and compelling book, he uses a variety of topics to explore the nature of our beliefs and their relationship to the nature of knowledge itself. I could not put it down.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Mark St. Andre, Ph.D. Educational Psychology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Waggle Dance Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995469612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Will Swain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604528525493,"sku":"9798995469612","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/certainly-uncertain-the-limitations-of-knowledge-and-the-uncertainty-of-belief-9798995469612","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}