Simon Rozendaal presenteert Paniek om niets

Simon Dikker-Hupkes, editor at AtlasContact, talks about the origins of the book. Aalt Bast, emeritus professor of toxicology, says something about Paracelsus (to whom the book is dedicated). Dap Hartmann, astronomer and affiliated with TU Delft, discusses the book. The first copy will be presented to Ronald Plasterk. Followed by signing.

Panic over nothing

Simon Rozendaal

Everywhere we look (in the groundwater, in our eggs, in the air we breathe, in the urine of cyclists) there is something that seems out of place, like PFAS. Increasingly sensitive equipment has clouded our perception of food safety, doping or the state of the environment.

In the past, it was already very special if we could measure a percent or per mille (the alcohol breath test). Nowadays, our equipment is so refined that we can detect a sugar cube in the IJsselmeer (a ppt, part per trillion). We can measure everything nowadays, which makes nothing (the 0) increasingly smaller. We now see risks and harmful substances much faster, while the living environment is actually becoming increasingly safer and cleaner. In a mild tone, Rozendaal outlines a new perspective on interpreting measurement data. Measuring is sometimes knowing too much.

Simon Rozendaal

Simon Rozendaal, according to Villamedia the 'nestor of Dutch science journalism', writes for Elsevier Weekblad and has published over 25 books, including 'Alles wordt beter!'. In 2019 Warme aarde, koel hoofd was published.