Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson

"Hecht gleefully invites readers on a lively stroll through three millennia of clashes between believers and nonbelievers" (Detroit Free Press).

"Jennifer Hect's romp-lighthearted but serious-brings to life an awesome array of figures in philosophy, science, and literature, in a way that is wonderfully engaging." -Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

In the tradition of grand sweeping histories such as From Dawn to Decadence, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, ...