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Marc Koralnik
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MERCHANTS OF DOUBT.

Naomi Oreskes Erik Conway

How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

10-year anniversary edition of Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, and Erik Conway, resident historian at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology
This edition includes a foreword from former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and an afterword from the authors
Upon its publication 10 years ago, the book was praised and attacked around the world for the “brutal clarity” (Huffington Post) with which it captured the disquieting story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. Constantly referenced in publications such as the New York Times and The Guardian, the Merchants of Doubt's prescience has made it foundational reading in the current conversations around climate change. 10 years later, the book is more relevant than ever---and consequently, is selling better than ever with over 97,200 copies sold in the U.S alone. Translation rights have been sold to publishers in China, France, Italy, Korea, Japan, and Spain.
Naomi Oreskes has a global media platform and strong academic connections around the world.
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Published by Bloomsbury