According to The Guardian, Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of
scientific pretentions in this country; someone whose wit is admired
even by those who fee she sometimes oversteps the mark'. This book
examines how science comes to be used as a substitute for religion and
points out how badly that role distorts it. Her argument is flawlessly
insightful: a punch, compelling, lively indictment of these misuses of
science. Both the book and its author are true classics of our time.