{"product_id":"denialism-how-irrational-thinking-harms-the-planet-and-threatens-our-lives-paperback","title":"Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Specter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this provocative and headline-making book, Michael Specter confronts the widespread fear of science and its terrible toll on individuals and the planet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDenialism, \u003c\/i\u003eMichael Specter reveals that Americans have come to mistrust institutions and especially the institution of science more today than ever before. For centuries, the general view had been that science is neither good nor bad--that it merely supplies information and that new information is always beneficial. Now, science is viewed as a political constituency that isn't always in our best interest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe issues may be complex but the choices are not: Are we going to continue to embrace new technologies, along with acknowledging their limitations and threats, or are we ready to slink back into an era of magical thinking? In \u003ci\u003eDenialism\u003c\/i\u003e, Specter makes an argument for a new Enlightenment, the revival of an approach to the physical world that was stunningly effective for hundreds of years: What can be understood and reliably repeated by experiment is what nature regarded as true. Now, at the time of mankind's greatest scientific advances--and our greatest need for them--that deal must be renewed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Specter writes about science, technology and global public health for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, where he has been a staff writer since 1998. He has twice received the Global Health Council's Excellence in Media Award, as well as the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7.96 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733113827635,"sku":"9780143118312","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/z72IvkrWRq9780143118312.webp?v=1782755706","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/denialism-how-irrational-thinking-harms-the-planet-and-threatens-our-lives-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}