Denialism How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives

Name: Denialism How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives
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ISBN: 9780143118312

ISBN-10: 0143118315

ISBN-13: 9780143118312

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Authors: Michael Specter

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"A superb and convincing work." -Malcolm Gladwell At a time when our planet is in dire peril, Americans mistrust science more than ever. Few journalists appreciate what is at stake better than Michael Specter, who has spent the last twenty years reporting on everything from the AIDS epidemic to the digital revolution. In "Denialism," he eloquently shows how, in a world where protesters march against childhood vaccines and Africans starve to death rather than import genetically modified grains, we must reconnect with the rational thinking that has underpinned the advance of civilization since the eighteenth century. What emerges is a manifesto that brilliantly captures one of the pivotal…

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List price: $32.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/26/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.30" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction



Vioxx and the Fear of Science



Vaccines and the Great Denial



The Organic Fetish



The Era of Echinacea



Race and the Language of Life



Surfing the Exponential


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index