The madhouse effect
Subtitle: how climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy
By: Michael E. Mann and Tom Toles
Contributors: Toles, Tom, author
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780231177863
Subjects: Denial (Psychology); Climatic changes; Global warming; Psychological aspects
Other titles: Climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy
Description: "The Madhouse Effect portrays the intellectual pretzels into which denialists must twist logic to explain away the clear evidence that human activity has changed Earth's 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 climate science crusaders enlivens the gloom and doom of so many climate-themed books--and may even convert die-hard doubters to the side of science,"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Science : how it works; title: Climate change : the basics; title: Why should I give a damn?; title: The stages of denial; title: The war on climate science; title: Hypocrisy, thy name is climate change denial; title: Geoengineering, or, "What could possibly go wrong?"; title: A path forward.