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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

Erik M. Conway ,  Naomi Oreskes

9781408824832

Bloomsbury


Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments; Mathematics & Sciences; Impact of science & technology on society; Global warming

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368 pages

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Merchants of Doubt should finally put to rest the question of whether the science of climate change is settled. It is, and we ignore this message at our peril. - Elizabeth Kolbert. Brilliantly reported andwritten with brutal clarity. - Huffington Post. Merchants of Doubt was one of the most talked-about climate change books of recent years, for reasons easy to understand: It tells the controversialstory of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. The same individuals who claim the scienceof global warming is not settled have also denied the truth about studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. Doubt is our product, wrote one tobacco executive. These experts supplied it.

By:   Erik M. Conway, Naomi Oreskes
Imprint:   Bloomsbury
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 28mm,  Width: 198mm,  Spine: 129mm
ISBN:  

9781408824832


ISBN 10:   1408824833
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Author Website:   http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=11256

Naomi Oreskes is Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Her essay 'Beyond the Ivory Tower' was a milestone in the fight against global warming denial. Erik Conway is the resident historian at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Fighting Facts is their first book together.


Anyone concerned about the state of democracy in America should read this book -- Al Gore Brilliantly reported and written with brutal clarity Huffington Post It is tempting to require that all those engaged in the business of conveying scientific information to the general public should read it Science A hard-hitting thriller ... also a meticulously researched history book and a portal into the world of real science ... A fascinating story West Australian Excellent, important Choice


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