num_pages: 176
description: Its Not Just the FactsWhen it comes to climate change this truly is a golden ageof fake news post-truths pluralistic ignorance conspiracy theories a willfully ignorant administration and the Cranky Uncle. You know him. We all have one. That exasperating Thanksgiving blusterer digs in his heels even as the foundation of his denial thaws faster than the Arctic ice caps. Written and illustrated by Dr. John Cook cognitive psychologist and founder of the award-winning website Skeptical Science Cranky Uncle combines humor and science to make clear calm and winnable arguments in the public controversy of climate change. Can we change our Cranky Uncles mind? Probably regrettably not. But Dr. Cook makes it easier for us to understand him. And armed with this knowledge prevent climate misinformation from spreading further.
language: English
title: Cranky Uncle vs. Climate Change: How to Understand and Respond to Climate Science Deniers
publisher: Citadel