Erik M. Conway
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.
Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit...
Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit...
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought and—finally—the disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093, when the disintegration of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet led to mass migration and a complete reshuffling of the global order. Writing from the Second People's Republic of China
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing (US)
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"A carefully researched work of intellectual history, and an urgently needed political analysis." —Jane Mayer "[A] scorching indictment of free market fundamentalism ... and how we can change, before it's too late."—Esquire, Best Books of Winter 2023 The bestselling authors of Merchants of Doubt offer a profound, startling history of one of America's most tenacious—and destructive—false ideas:...
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