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May 12, 2003
Turning Numbers into Knowledge reviewed in the journal Energy Policy.
A review of the book Turning Numbers into Knowledge will appear in the journal Energy Policy in September 2003. The review, by Professor Michael Maniates, of Allegheny College, in Meadville, PA, commends Turning Numbers into Knowledge for helping both professionals and neophytes to develop their critical thinking skills in this increasingly complex modern age:
A major figure in the energy-efficiency research and policy community, Dr. Koomey could have written a book for policy elites on the arcane details of energy analysis and policy-making. Instead, with Turning Numbers into Knowledge, he chose to craft a volume that speaks to the neophyte: the beginning citizen-activist, the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate student, the lay community researcher, the person taking an entry-level job in policy-making and looking to make a difference. Remarkably, the book also has much to say to the accomplished policy practitioner.
Maniates concludes as follows:
By explicating in accessible and challenging detail the nuts and bolts of critical thinking and illustrating the essentials of quantitative analysis, Dr. Koomey has provided a great service. His book deserves to be widely read and shared, especially by those who take seriously the fragile yet critical role of an informed citizenry in increasingly complex democratic societies.
Turning Numbers into Knowledge, authored by Jonathan Koomey, Ph.D., is a lively and entertaining guide to making informed professional and personal choices. The book's insights help people beat information overload, hone their decision-making skills, and achieve success in this information-glutted world.
The full reference for the review is Maniates, Michael. 2003. "Book Review–Turning numbers into knowledge: mastering the art of problem solving." Energy Policy. vol. 31, no. 12. September. pp. 1301-1303.
To access the journal Energy Policy on line, go to www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014215.
For more details on the book Turning Numbers into Knowledge, go to www.numbersintoknowledge.com. Turning Numbers into Knowledge is distributed by the Independent Publishers Group (IPG), which can be reached at www.ipgbook.com.
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Jonathan Koomey is a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, California. He holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley, and an A.B. in History of Science from Harvard University.
Koomey is the author or co-author of seven books and more than one hundred and thirty articles and reports. Koomey's latest book is Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving, ISBN 0-9706019-0-5, www.numbersintoknowledge.com.
Koomey has appeared on Nova/Frontline, BBC radio, CNBC, All Things Considered, Marketplace, Tech Nation, On the Media, the California Report, Tech TV, KPIX TV (SF), CNET radio, and KQED radio. He has been quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, The Washington Post, Science, Science News, American Scientist, Dow Jones News Wires, USA Today, SF Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, Interactive Week, Business 2.0, Salon.com, and Network Magazine.
Michael Maniates is a Professor at Allegheny College, 520 N. Main Street Box E, Meadville, PA 16335, USA, 814-332-2786, mmaniate@alleg.edu.
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E-mail: JGKoomey@numbersintoknowledge.com
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