The madhouse effect how climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy
"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...
| Main Authors: | Mann, Michael E., 1965- (Author), Toles, Tom (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2016]
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| Summary: |
"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. |
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 186 pages : illlustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780231177863 0231177860 |
| Author Notes: |
Tom Toles is the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist of the Washington Post . He has a particular interest in climate change science and has worked consistently to advance understanding of this subject, including its political context, since the 1980s. |