Disconnect
Disconnect
Devra Davis
Scribe Publishing 2011
ISBN: 9781921640988
$32.95
288 pp, including index and appendix
This is an important book for the information it provides. At the same time, it is poorly written and/or poorly edited. Let me get the negative out of the way first.
Devra Davis is a scientist with a PhD and other written works to her name. I would have expected her to be clearer and more precise in her use of the English language and clearer in her logical exposition. I found whole paragraphs repeated in different sections of the book and, in some areas, gaps in explanations of important concepts or data. The irony in this is palpable: the disconnect of the title refers largely to the gap in what is known by the telecommunications industry and by governments and what is communicated to the public.