>The problem is that he's a pretty good science communicator. Disagree. I bought one of his books, Idea Makers, knowing that he is a bit a jerk/kooky, because

>The problem is that he's a pretty good science communicator. Disagree. I bought one of his books, Idea Makers, knowing that he is a bit a jerk/kooky, because it looked interesting. Every chapter about a different important scientist/thinker in history, what could go wrong? What went wrong was that actually every chapter was about Wolfram and/or Mathematica. He can't help himself! But, all that said, that doesn't mean he is wrong!