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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Michael E., 1965- author.

Toles, Tom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Global warming.

Climatic changes--Psychological aspects.

Global warming--Psychological aspects.

Denial (Psychology).

Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

xv, 186 pages : illlustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mann, Michael E., 1965- Madhouse effect.

ISBN:

9780231177863

0231177860

OCLC:

941714799