The madhouse effect : how climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy / Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles.

Author
Mann, Michael E., 1965- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Paperback edition.
Published/​Created
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Description
1 online resource (xv, 222 pages) : illustrations

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The award winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize#x96;winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have fought at the frontlines of climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect the well-being of millions. The lessons they have learned have been invaluable, inspiring this brilliant, colorful escape hatch from the madhouse of the climate wars. Through satire, The Madhouse Effect portrays the intellectual pretzels into which deniali.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
  • Preface : Why We Wrote This Book
  • Science : How It Works
  • Climate Change : The Basics
  • Why Should I Give a Damn?
  • The Stages of Denial
  • The War on Climate Science
  • Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Climate Change Denial
  • Geoengineering, or "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"
  • A Path Forward
  • Return to the Madhouse : Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump.
Other title(s)
Climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy
ISBN
  • 9780231541817 (electronic book)
  • 0231541813 (electronic book)
LCCN
2016010170
OCLC
942611773
Doi
  • 10.7312/mann17786
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