Timothy Caulfield’s newest book, The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters, lifts the curtain on the forces contributing to our information chaos and unpacks why it’s so difficult—sometimes even for experts—to escape the fake.
Timothy Caulfield is a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. He has published nearly 400 academic articles on topics like stem cells, genetics research ethics, the public representation of science and has won numerous academic, science communication, and writing awards. Caulfield’s previous books include The Cure for Everything, The Science of Celebrity, and Relax.
