Lost person behavior

He had me at Hello–the preface, that is. Acknowledgments of the uncertainties in his dataset; admission that this is a work to be improved upon; conscious discussion (in 2008!) of gender pronouns.

There is no purpose whatsoever to my reviewing this book. It has been the canonical mission reference for years, it is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future, my GR rating is not going to make the slightest difference to any future search incident. I'm just writing because I found myself so pleasantly surprised at how readable the book was, how engaging and candid and thoughtful the author. I have a better understanding now of how IC makes decisions, and that in turn will help me in the field.