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

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Erik M. Conway Naomi Oreskes

Merchants of Doubt

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

Erik M. Conway, Naomi Oreskes

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English

Bloomsbury
01 July 2012

Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments; Mathematics & Sciences

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: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781408824832
ISBN 10: 1408824833
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 July 2012
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

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

'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