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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]Edition: Paperback editionDescription: 1 online resource (xv, 222 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231541817
  • 0231541813
Other title:
  • Climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Madhouse effect.DDC classification:
  • 363.738/74 23
LOC classification:
  • QC903 .M3625 2016
Online resources:
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.
Summary: The award winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prizewinning 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 denialists must twist logic to explain away the clear evidence that man-made activity has changed our climate. Toles's cartoons collapse counter-scientific strategies into their biased components, helping readers see how to best strike at these fallacies. Mann's expert skills at science communication aim to restore sanity to a debate that continues to rage against widely acknowledged scientific consensus. The synergy of these two commonsense crusaders enlivens the gloom and doom of so many climate-themed books and may even convert a few of the faithful to the right side of science.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

The award winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prizewinning 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 denialists must twist logic to explain away the clear evidence that man-made activity has changed our climate. Toles's cartoons collapse counter-scientific strategies into their biased components, helping readers see how to best strike at these fallacies. Mann's expert skills at science communication aim to restore sanity to a debate that continues to rage against widely acknowledged scientific consensus. The synergy of these two commonsense crusaders enlivens the gloom and doom of so many climate-themed books and may even convert a few of the faithful to the right side of science.

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