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The emergence of genomic science in the last quarter century has revolutionized medicine, the justice system, and our understanding of who we are. We use genomics to determine guilt and exonerate the falsely convicted; devise new medicines; test embryos; and discover our ethnic and national roots. One might think that, given these advances, most would favor the availability of genomic tools. Yet as Jennifer Hochschild explains in Genomic Politics, the uses of genomic science are both politically charged and hotly contested. After all, genomics might result in bioterrorism, a demand for designer babies, or a revival of racial biology.Political divisions around genomics do not follow the usual left-right ideological divides that dominate most of American politics. Through\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Genomics Revolution is all around us, and it is wise to watch carefully for both positives and negatives, both personal and global. This book is a superbly balanced and comprehensive guide to enable all of us to understand and engage with that watching, working together to prevent mishaps and ensure equitable access to benefits. * George Church, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School *\u003cbr\u003e'The issues that genomics poses are too important, new, and complex to afford the luxury of one-sided or partial viewpoints,' Jennifer Hochschild writes is this pathbreaking book about a new scientific revolution that inspires hope, awe and wonder as well as anxiety, uneasiness and even alarm. She lives up to her own standard by painstakingly, empathetically and engagingly explaining the arguments we are likely to have with each other while being upfront about her own nuanced views. Genomic Politics is an important achievement, a model of careful research, honest reflection and political savvy. * E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Code Red and Our Divided Political Heart *\u003cbr\u003eNobody is talking about the science-fictionesque reality of gene editing and genetic prediction that has arrived. Nobody, that is, except Jennifer Hochschild in her wonderful book, Genomic Politics. Unlike most issues, currently genetic policy is not highly polarized—though that's sure to change soon enough as charges of eugenics or 'playing god' start flying. Hochschild offers advice on how we might have a fruitful public dialogue as we approach this transformative technology. A must read for anyone concerned with science and society. * Dalton Conley, Henry Putnam University Professor of Sociology, Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliant multi-method exploration, Hochschild shows how citizens and experts form beliefs about genomics and determine whether to oppose or support it. The answer lies not in political ideology or partisanship—the fallback explanation that many may presume—but rather in attitudes about genetics and risk. The book provides a remarkable portrait of what people think of genomics. Even more important is that Hochschild reveals how people form their impressions on new issues with huge public policy consequences. A must read for those interested in genomics and for anyone who cares about the public, preferences, and democratic governance. * James N. Druckman, Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments   1: Political puzzles: BiDil, ancestry testing, forensic biobanks, and prenatal gene editing   2: The basic framework: nature and nurture, risks and gains   3. Disputes over genomic science are not partisan   4. Enthusiasm and skepticism   5. Hope and rejection   6. Experts   7. Locating the public in the basic framework   8. Why are Americans enthusiastic, skeptical, hopeful, or rejecting?   9. Who should govern?   10. Governing genomics   Appendix   Endnotes","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732648898903,"sku":"9780197550731","price":21.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197550731.jpg?v=1719997793"},{"product_id":"the-icy-planet-9780197627983","title":"The Icy Planet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book takes readers to Antarctica, the Arctic and the high mountains, to see what is happening to their ice, snow and permafrost. Ice and snow reflect solar energy back to space, keeping the planet cool. As global overheating melts them away, we are losing this refrigeration factor, which adds to global overheating. The author begins by laying out the evidence for carbon dioxide as the control knob of climate, and hence of sea level, for the past 1000 million years, before exploring the effects of climate change in the three main icy regions. He shows us how climate change will likely affect us and the planet as we approach the end of this century and beyond. His story ends by analysing how politics and economics are determining our response to global overheating, reminding readers of the enormous global challenges inherent in changing from a fossil fuel to a renewable energy infrastructure. There is no overnight solution. Can we save Earth''s refrigerator? Will Net Zero work? Addressing these key questions Summerhayes is cautiously optimistic about our chances provided we have the collective will to act on what we know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Icy Planet, apart from offering the reader all they need to know about the world's coldest places, Colin Summerhayes addresses in well-researched and readable detail the role of ice as the bellwether of global warming. Fascinating and sometimes frightening, it examines the speed with which the frozen environment is being depleted, and the signals that sends out for the future of us all. This is a book both arresting and alarming. * Sir Michael Palin, Writer and Presenter of Travel Documentaries including Pole-to-Pole and Erebus: The Story of a Ship *\u003cbr\u003e'Out of sight, out of mind' is the view that most people have of Earth's vast expanses of ice. This book takes us on a fascinating tour of our icy realms, the critical role they play in the functioning of the Earth System, and the startling human-driven changes that are afflicting them—essential reading for anyone interested in the future of our planet. * Will Steffen, Professor, Australian National University, Canberra *\u003cbr\u003eColin Summerhayes introduces readers to the significance of the changing character of ice within the regions of the 'three poles.' His unique perspective comes from a career in science leadership roles, where he was a keen observer of and synthesizer of emerging research. Along with a narrative related to his travels, the book provides a holistic understanding of ice and climate in a world which has only recently begun to realize the power of both. * Paul Andrew Mayewski, Professor and Director, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA *\u003cbr\u003eColin Summerhayes condenses the wisdom of a long career in polar and climate research to reveal the fundamental importance of Earth's refrigerator. The huge blocks of frozen water that cap the polar regions and high mountains may be remote from where most of us live, but have profound implications for all of us, in shaping our planet's climate, weather, water supply, and even food security, while also sustaining fascinating and unique wildlife. His first-hand account takes readers on a unique journey of appreciation for our world's coldest places. * Tony Juniper CBE, Environmentalist *\u003cbr\u003eDue to global climate change the large ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland influence the height of sea levels, while mountain glaciers influence the water supplies for surrounding populations. Melting permafrost changes ecosystems and creates significant natural hazards. Using his vast field experience, Colin Summerhayes draws attention to these dynamics and their effects on nature and society in an important book with a popular orientation. * Heinz Wanner, Professor, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern *\u003cbr\u003eThe increasing loss of the Earth's cryosphere is one of the most significant problem's facing humanity today. Dr Summerhayes has written a comprehensive book introducing the reader to the world of ice on our planet, how it responds and impacts climate, how it is the home to unique ecosystems, and most importantly, how ice and permafrost loss will lead to dramatic changes to our world. * W. 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In The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how corrupt science becomes public policy -- and where it''s happening today. Opioids. Concussions. Obesity. Climate Change.America is a country of everyday crises -- big, long-spanning problems that persist despite their toll on the country''s health. And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science is unclear. The data are inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified. It''s a slippery slope.Is it?The Triumph of Doubt traces the ascendance of science-for-hire in American life and government, from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its current manifestations across government, public policy, and even professional sports. Amid fraught conversations of alternative facts and truth decay, The Triumph of Doubt wields its unprecedented access to shine a light on the machinations and scope of manipulated science in American society. It is an urgent, revelatory work, one that promises to reorient conversations around science and the public good for the foreseeable future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Michaels] documents not only a shocking disregard for human welfare on the part of big business, but also a co-ordinated effort to compromise the culture of knowledge itself. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e...chock full of good examples that were clearly researched (averaging over 30 references per chapter) and supplemented with Michaels' personal experiences. I think any scientist who wants to bridge the realm of research, policy, politics and ethics would benefit from reading this book. * JULIE POLLOCK, Chemistry World *\u003cbr\u003eIt is so refreshing to read David Michaels' The Triumph of Doubt. He has the facts researched, vetted and thoroughly cited, and is not afraid to lay blame, call people liars and companies frauds. * San Francisco Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Michaels opens our eyes to the methods corporations employ that bend the facts of science in order to make a profit. * Chemistry World *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Michaels is that rare combination: the fearless expert. He not only knows where the bodies are buried, he knows who buried them. The Triumph of Doubt and its predecessor, Doubt Is Their Product, are timely, readable, and essential guides for anyone seeking to understand how the corruption of science is damaging the health of everyone from football players and factory workers to soda drinkers and truck drivers-in short, anyone with a pulse. * Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Toms River *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Michaels lays bare the dark money and the corporate science racket that kept the lethalities of tobacco, asbestos, lead, silica, pesticides, and scores of other life- and health-destroying products on the market and in the workplace, escaping the reach of the law. He names names of people and companies fronted by their so-called 'product defense' business and its corporate attorney enablers; delays, obfuscation, falsehood, and retaliation against ethical whistleblowers are the coins of their insidious realms. This book is written to get you angry enough to want to learn how to defend yourselves, your communities, and our vulnerable planet. Let it grip you toward detection and defiance.\" * Ralph Nader *\u003cbr\u003eAs a society, it's vital we properly debate issues using data and research. The Triumph of Doubt, David Michaels's wonderfully deep dive into the well-funded war on scientific consensus and certainty, makes the stakes clear: our planet. Read this.\" * Adam Savage, Mythbusters *\u003cbr\u003eNo one has done more to expose the deep corruption in American safety regulation that harms us all-and especially our kids. After spending seven years as America's chief safety regulator, David Michaels offers a beautifully crafted argument for how much more we need to do. Required-if frightening-reading for anyone who cares about a clean and safe environment for America and the world.\" * Lawrence Lessig, author of Fidelity and Constraint *\u003cbr\u003eA page-turner-one you'll wish was fiction. From hired guns to dark money, The Triumph of Doubt unravels corporations' playbook for deceiving the public through misinformation.^ * Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of What the Eyes Don't See   *\u003cbr\u003eThe Triumph of Doubt is an industry-by-industry account of how corporations manipulate science and scientists to promote profits, not public health. Nothing less than democracy is at stake here, and we all should be responding right away to David Michaels' call for action. * Marion Nestle, author of Unsavory Truth   *\u003cbr\u003eIt takes real courage to speak out against entrenched corporate interests and big industry. I saw that courage firsthand when I worked alongside Dr. Michaels in the Obama administration to protect workers at construction sites from cancer-causing silica dust. The Triumph of Doubt doesn't just tell the story of how we overcame the falsehoods of industry-funded studies, it shines a disinfecting light on the ways corporations obscure the truth and downplay risk to pump up their bottom line. This is a must-read.\" * Tom Perez, former U.S. Labor Secretary   *\u003cbr\u003eA compelling and necessary work for anyone interested in the truth and those who seek to bury it. Michaels details the methods used by those in power to hide the truth-and the moral bankruptcy at work when they do so.\" * Demaurice Smith, National Football League Players Association Executive Director *\u003cbr\u003eAs a third-generation coal miner from a family who has suffered the deadly consequences of Black Lung, I know firsthand that worker safety should never be politicized. David Michaels's book is a must-read for business, labor and the scientific community.\" * Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President   *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Michaels provides well-written evidence in his book about how corporations that produce dangerous products-tobacco, big oil, chemicals, pharmaceuticals-use 'product defense' science to sow doubt about the hazards hidden in their products to consumers. His evidence highlights the important role unbiased government scientists play in protecting the public health of Americans and our environment from exposure to toxic materials and from corporate deceit. * Senator Tom Udall   *\u003cbr\u003eFrom the pharmaceutical industry's role in the opioid crisis to the Koch brothers' climate denial apparatus, Michaels examines big industry's jarring history of manufacturing false scientific doubt in the name of profit. This is an important book that will serve as a tool in exposing corporate deceit. * Senator Sheldon Whitehouse   *\u003cbr\u003eWhether it's the tobacco industry, the pharmaceutical industry, or the fossil fuel industry, vested interests have repeatedly sought to attack and discredit scientific findings that have revealed the public endangerment by their products. David Michaels should know-he's been fighting the good fight for more than a decade to expose the bad actors and bring them to justice. Read this book to learn what we're up against and how to fight back. * Michael E. Mann, author of The Madhouse Effect   *\u003cbr\u003ePoisoning the well of public debate is the ultimate act of cynicism. As David Michaels makes breathtakingly clear, one industry after another has lied and manipulated in order to make more money, and the rest of us have borne the terrible costs.\" * Bill McKibben, author of Falter   *\u003cbr\u003eWhile the truth can be inconvenient, corporations and government leaders cannot continue to manufacture alternative narratives that place their interests and profits above our humanity; this culture, if left unchallenged, will result in our doom. The Triumph of Doubt reminds us that there can only be one truth.\" * Bennet Omalu, author of Truth Doesn't Have a Side   *\u003cbr\u003eFew people have done more to document disinformation about science than David Michaels. His new book is an important addition to the growing literature on doubt, disinformation, and deception. * Naomi Oreskes, author of Merchants of Doubt   *\u003cbr\u003eIn the NFL, team doctors answer to the organization; players joke that it's like Dracula running the blood bank. It's a microcosm of what David Michaels brilliantly illuminates in The Triumph of Doubt: When corporations manipulate science and launch marketing campaigns to sow doubt, they ensure human suffering. Michaels's work is vital reading for everyone to understand these industry tactics. * Chris Borland, former NFL player   *\u003cbr\u003eScientist, public servant, and passionate advocate for health and safety, Michaels has written an absorbing sequel to his path-breaking work on manufactured doubt. He documents how powerful corporations have turned 'product defense' into a new political strategy, using dark money to pummel good science and keep dangerous products on the market. A must-read in the fight to restore public trust in regulatory science.\" * Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School *\u003cbr\u003eDriven by scientific interest, The Triumph of Doubt is a measured but passionate argument for protecting the public from harmful substances via federal oversight.\" * Foreword Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e[An] excoriating account of the corporate denial industry... It is a brave and important book, raising the alarm about the systemic corruption of science. * Felicity Lawrence, Nature     *\u003cbr\u003eA tour de force that examines how frequently, and easily, science has been manipulated to discredit expertise and accountability on issues ranging from obesity and concussions to opioids and climate change. * Science *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Michaels shows that Big Tobacco's well-known denial tactics have not faded into history, but instead have become an integral part of corporate America's standard business practices. * Undark Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eA no-holds barred page-turner. In a series of case studies, it names names and describes how powerful players prioritize a requirement of absolute proof over precaution when it comes to exposures' impacts on human health. * Union of Concerned Scientists *\u003cbr\u003e[Michaels'] book is a timely, must read indictment of product defense 'science.'\" * Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Michaels opens our eyes to the methods corporations employ that bend the facts of science in order to make a profit. * Chemistry World *\u003cbr\u003e[A] close look at how powerful corporations fund junk science and misinformation campaigns in order to obscure evidence and undercut regulatory efforts.\" * Vox  *\u003cbr\u003eThe Triumph of Doubt is a carefully researched review of corporate-funded strategies and practices that undermine public health policies of all kinds. And while it sometimes makes one's blood boil, it is still a gripping read. * New Solutions *\u003cbr\u003e[An] excoriating account of the corporate denial industry.... It is a brave and important book, raising the alarm about the systemic corruption of science. * Nature  *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction  2. The Science of Deception  3. The Forever Chemical  4. The NFL's Head Doctors  5. A Spirited Denial  6. The Deal with Diesel  7. On Opioids  8. Deadly Dust  9. Working the Refs  10. Volkswagen's Other Bug  11. The Climate Denial Machine  12. Sickeningly Sweet  13. The Party Line  14. Science for Sale 15. 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The antidemocratic heritage and the dream about “Eco dictatorship”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Historical roots – society as a threat against nature\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The ecological heritage of the environmental movement\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The extreme to the right – eco fascism\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Eco fascism to-day\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. The current climate debate and the threat to democracy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The deep-ecology roots of the current climate debate\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Anti-democratic activism\u003c\/p\u003e              The vision of the expert-governed meritocracy\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Climate change as a threat against free debate and critical research\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Critique of the antidemocratic answer to the climate problem\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Are authoritarian regimes doing better?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Is an authoritarian climate coup likely?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Popular climate uproar and the undermining of democracy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The car-based society\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Climate uproar to “save the climate”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The road toll uproar\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The ferry uproar\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The wind power uproar\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The popular uproar against climate hysteria\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Unrealistic climate goals and the undermining of democracy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The problem with the person-focused climate policy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The polarized climate debate and the undermining of democracy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. The “non-political” solution of the climate problem\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            What is climate engineering\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            A global heatshield \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Historical retrospect \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            A problematic strategy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The search for knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The democratic problem\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePART III. DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVES\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. A wicked problem\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The crisis strategy\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Why do climate policies become so conflict-ridden?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            A little bit of theory\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The theory and climate policies – wind power as an example\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            About theory and practice\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Lenin and Thunberg or Brox (for info:  Brox is a Norwegian professor)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            About future generations\u003c\/p\u003e              About eating an elephant\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Contributions to democratic answers to the climate problem\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            About taking bites of the elephant\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Carbon tax rather that emission quotas\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Green growth\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            A green New Deal\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            What about nuclear power?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Finally, some points about adapting to a changing climate\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            No “quick fix”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. The dream about Paradise\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            About recreating Paradise\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Forward towards the past\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            Paradise lost\t\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e            The climate problem, democracy and defence of the open society\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Notes\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eKeywords\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48743082590551,"sku":"9783031344701","price":33.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783031344701.jpg?v=1720064033"},{"product_id":"managing-protected-areas-people-and-places-9783031407857","title":"Managing Protected Areas: People and Places","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis open access book brings together 16 specially commissioned chapters drawn from a range of different professional-practitioner and academic global perspectives on the importance of the relationship between people and green and blue spaces. 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His message is invigorating: if you have feared for the planet’s future, take heart.\" — Richard Rhodes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Making of the Atomic Bomb  “Environmental issues are frequently confused by conflicting and often extreme views, with both sides fueled to some degree by ideological biases, ignorance and misconceptions. Michael Shellenberger’s balanced and refreshing book delves deeply into a range of environmental issues and exposes misrepresentations by scientists, one-sided distortions by environmental organizations, and biases driven by financial interests. His conclusions are supported by examples, cogent and convincing arguments, facts and source documentation. Apocalypse Never may well be the most important book on the environment ever written.” — Tom Wigley, climate scientist, University of Adelaide, former senior scientist National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  “We must protect the planet, but how? Some strands of the environmental movement have locked themselves into a narrative of sin and doom that is counterproductive, anti-human, and not terribly scientific. Shellenberger advocates a more constructive environmentalism that faces our wicked problems and shows what we have to do to solve them.” — Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of Enlightenment Now  \"If there is one thing that we have learned from the coronavirus pandemic, it is that strong passions and polarized politics lead to distortions of science, bad policy, and potentially vast, needless suffering. Are we making the same mistakes with environmental policies?  I have long known Michael Shellenberger to be a bold, innovative, and nonpartisan pragmatist. He is a lover of the natural world whose main moral commitment is to figure out what will actually work to safeguard it. If you share that mission, you must read Apocalypse Never.” — Jonathan Haidt, author of Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion  \"The painfully slow global response to human-caused climate change is usually blamed on the political right’s climate change denial and love affair with fossil fuels. But in this engaging and well-researched treatise, Michael Shellenberger exposes the environmental movement’s hypocrisy in painting climate change in apocalyptic terms while steadfastly working against nuclear power, the one green energy source whose implementation could feasibly avoid the worst climate risks. Disinformation from the left has replaced deception from the right as the greatest obstacle to mitigating climate change.\" — Kerry Emanuel, professor of atmospheric science, MIT  \"The trouble with end-of-the-world environmental scenarios is that they hide evidence-based diagnoses and exile practical solutions. Love it or hate it, Apocalypse Never asks us to consider whether the apocalyptic headline of the day gets us any closer to a future in which nature and people prosper.” — Peter Kareiva, director of the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA, and former chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy   \"In this tour de force of science journalism, Michael Shellenberger shows through interviews, personal experiences, vignettes, and case histories that environmental science offers paths away from hysteria and toward humanism. This superb book unpacks and explains the facts and forces behind deforestation, climate change, extinction, fracking, nature conservation, industrial agriculture, and other environmental challenges to make them amenable to improvements and solutions.\" — Mark Sagoff, author of The Economy of the Earth  \"We environmentalists condemn those with antithetical views of being ignorant of science and susceptible to confirmation bias.  But too often we are guilty of the same.  Shellenberger offers ‘tough love:’ a challenge to entrenched orthodoxies and rigid, self-defeating mindsets.  Apocalypse Never serves up occasionally stinging, but always well-crafted, evidence-based points of view that will help develop the ‘mental muscle’ we need to envision and design not only a hopeful, but an attainable, future.” — Steve McCormick, former CEO, The Nature Conservancy and former President of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation  \"Michael Shellenberger loves the Earth too much to tolerate the conventional wisdom of environmentalism. This book, born of his passions, is a wonder: a research-driven page turner that will change how you view the world. I wish I'd been brave enough to write it, and grateful that he was.\" — Andrew McAfee, Principal Research Scientist at MIT and author of More from Less  \"Will declaring a crisis save the planet? The stakes are high, but Michael Shellenberger shows that the real environmental solutions are good for people too. No one will come away from this lively, moving, and well-researched book without a deeper understanding of the very real social challenges and opportunities to making a better future in the Anthropocene.\" — Erle Ellis, professor of geography and environmental systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and author of Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction  \"Michael Shellenberger methodically dismantles the tenets of End Times thinking that are so common in environmental thought. From Amazon fires to ocean plastics, Apocalypse Never delivers current science, lucid arguments, sympathetic humanism, and powerful counterpoints to runaway panic. You will not agree with everything in this book, which is why it is so urgent that you read it.\" — Paul Robbins, Dean, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864115556695,"sku":"9780063001695","price":18.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780063001695.jpg?v=1722270452"},{"product_id":"game-theory-and-climate-change-9780231184649","title":"Game Theory and Climate Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParkash Chander argues that we can make progress on the climate-change impasse through incorporating the insights of game theory. 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In \u003ci\u003eGame Theory and Climate Change\u003c\/i\u003e, Parkash Chander adds in significant ways to the relevant scholarly literature at the interface of climate change, economics, and game theory. -- Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003eIn this important and timely book, Chander, a leading environmental economist and game theorist, systematically develops a set of game-theoretic solutions to the grand challenge of global climate change. He convincingly demonstrates the value of integrating insights from both cooperative and noncooperative games, and the importance of side payments in improving international climate agreements. He advances important solution concepts such as subgame perfect agreements and incorporates important real-world features, such as heterogeneity across nations. I strongly recommend the book to researchers as well as practitioners interested in international climate negotiations. -- Jinhua Zhao, Michigan State University\u003cbr\u003eThe book will interest PhD students and game-theory experts. Recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a timely book, interpreting climate change negotiations in terms of game theory\u003cbr\u003econcepts. The content of the book is based on a stream of papers published by the\u003cbr\u003eauthor over more than 20 years. The book is aimed at economists who use finely crafted\u003cbr\u003emathematical models to explore possible solutions to complex social and environmental\u003cbr\u003eproblems. The extensive bibliography will be helpful to any newcomer in the field\u003cbr\u003eof environmental economics. -- Alain B. 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Crucially, she manages to leave the reader with a degree of optimism -- Stephanie Merritt * Observer, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003e[T]he problems - climate change, plus everything that is changing as a result, plus the increasing toxicity of the planet - can no longer be denied. This is a conversation that needs to happen on a large scale, and on a local scale, and on a personal scale, very soon -- Margaret Atwood * Guardian, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eCaptured the collective sense of anger and awakening ... [a] frightening look at climate change and capitalism -- Matt Haig * Observer, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eNaomi Klein applies her fine, fierce, and meticulous mind to the greatest, most urgent questions of our times. . . I count her among the most inspirational political thinkers in the world today -- Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things and Capitalism: A Ghost Story\u003cbr\u003eA book of such ambition and consequence it is almost unreviewable ... The most momentous and contentious environmental book since \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eSavages the idea that we will be saved by new technologies or by an incremental shift away from fossil fuels... Her solution requires a radical reconfiguration of our economic system * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe book has an uplifting message: that humans have changed before, and can change again. It poses a gutsy challenge to those who are vaguely hoping that the whole issue will go away, or that some new technology will save us * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eThis may be the first truly honest book ever written about climate change * Time *\u003cbr\u003eHer task is to take a potential catastrophe of unimaginable reach and to be calm and welcoming, drawing new people in. She does vast amounts of travel and research and thinking, then crafts all of it to the scale of her own voice: the voice of a pleasant, funny, unthreatening-looking woman * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe proposition that the world's political and economic institutions are preventing us from meeting the lethal challenge of global warming is hardly novel. But Naomi Klein in her new book articulates the case as forcefully and comprehensively as anyone has yet managed * Independent *\u003cbr\u003ePowerfully and uncompromisingly written, the impassioned polemic we have come to expect from Klein, mixing first-hand accounts of events around the world and withering political analysis . . . Her stirring vision is nothing less than a political, economic, social, cultural and moral make-over of the human world * New Scientist *\u003cbr\u003eKlein is one of the left's most influential figures and a prominent climate champion. . . . [She] is a gifted writer and there is little doubt about the problem she identifies * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eGripping and dramatic . . . [Klein] writes of a decisive battle for the fate of the earth in which we either take back control of the planet from the capitalists who are destroying it or watch it all burn * Rolling Stone *\u003cbr\u003eAn energetic exploration of issues surrounding climate change vociferously advocates immediate, radical reforms... The distinctiveness of the book resides... in its immersive reporting (on \"Blockadia\" eco-movements and futuristic geoengineering proposals) and in Klein's sheer outspokenness * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKlein has, with this book, thoroughly and completely debunked everything promoted under the banner of conservatism today - and she has done so with a work that's more powerful than a stack of C4.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Changes Everything\u003c\/i\u003e deserves to be viewed not as one of the greatest nonfiction works of the 2010s, but as one of the greatest nonfiction works of all-time. ... This book will expand and intensify the worldwide climate-justice movement, which is why the rhetorical attacks on Klein will become ever more aggressive. It will politically galvanize the young and the vulnerable, who have so much to lose due to the climate crisis. It will create climate leaders across this warming globe. \u003ci\u003eThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a book, not just a moment, not just a movement. It is a weapon of justice. It is a path of survival\u003c\/p\u003e * Washington Monthly *\u003cbr\u003e[Her] words and knowledge run deep, inspiring change and the need for immediate action -- Charlize Theron\u003cbr\u003eToday @\u003cb\u003eNaomiAKlein\u003c\/b\u003e's new book #\u003cb\u003eThisChangesEverything\u003c\/b\u003e is out now - I'm reading it - it's great -- Russell Brand\u003cbr\u003eNaomi Klein is a genius. She has done for politics what Jared Diamond did for the study of human history. She skillfully blends politics, economics and history and distills out simple and powerful truths with universal applicability -- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.\u003cbr\u003eThe manifesto that the climate movement - and the planet - needs right now... 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It sets the most important crisis in human history in the context of our other ongoing traumas, reminding us just how much the powers-that-be depend on the power of coal, gas and oil. 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Rhino 2.0: The Politics of Hysteria\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Speaking Truth to Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864919126359,"sku":"9780520371453","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520371453.jpg?v=1722273293"},{"product_id":"the-lowcarbon-contradiction-9780520393134","title":"The LowCarbon Contradiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations and Table \u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003cbr\u003e Acronyms \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. Against the Energy Empire \u003cbr\u003e 2. Electrification or Death \u003cbr\u003e 3. Blackout \u003cbr\u003e 4. 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Restoration work leads us to reimagine nature and the nature of environmental justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn outstandingly well-researched and deeply thoughtful account of the way that the United States has attempted to negotiate its relationship to wild plants and animals…an essential read for anyone who wants to understand the implications of our interventions. -- John Dupré * Los Angeles Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eCan we repair the ecological damage that we’ve done? As Laura Martin observes, no question today could be more pressing, or more uncertain. \u003ci\u003eWild by Design\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating book—far-reaching, deeply researched, and probing. -- Elizabeth Kolbert, author of \u003ci\u003eUnder a White Sky: The Nature of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaching back over a century in this intricate, revelatory book, Martin shows that just as we have to reckon with the physical legacy of past ecological degradation, we must also face the social, cultural, and political legacy of past ecological restoration…\u003ci\u003eWild by Design\u003c\/i\u003e will be a foundational work for scholars of restoration history or politics. 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Martin’s erudite perspective on these complexities shines throughout her incisive first book…Aldo Leopold, a pioneering restoration ecologist, wrote in 1938 that ‘the oldest task in human history [is] to live on a piece of land without spoiling it.’ As Laura Martin’s astute book illuminates, that task has never been more urgent. -- Julie Dunlap * Washington Independent Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a superb book. Laura Martin’s research takes us where no restoration literature has gone before, asking, ‘Who gets to decide where and how wildlife management occurs?’ Martin tackles this question with unmatched clarity and insight, illuminating the crucial discussions we must have to secure a future with thriving natural species and spaces. -- Peter Kareiva, President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant intervention in the history of conservation that charts changes in ecological understanding of how landscapes rebound from disaster. In following the roots of restoration ecology, Martin explores how naturalness can be cultivated rather than found, providing us with seeds of hope in an age of climate despair. -- Erika Lorraine Milam, author of \u003ci\u003eCreatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to care for a wild species? In this provocative and fascinating book, Laura Martin grapples with this question by examining the boundaries of human intervention and wildness. As we face a rapidly changing planet, Martin’s clear-sighted, intelligent analysis offers hope that by recognizing the complex history of restoration, we can make way for its promising future. -- Nancy Langston, author of \u003ci\u003eClimate Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865495974231,"sku":"9780674979420","price":31.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674979420.jpg?v=1722274244"},{"product_id":"running-out-9780691212647","title":"Running Out","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finalist for the National Book Award\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Finalist for the Outstanding Western Book Award, Center for the Study of the American West\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the George Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental History\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Kansas Notable Book of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the Bonney MacDonald Book Award, Center for the Study of the American West\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the Victor Turner Prize, Society for Humanistic Anthropology\"\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eRunning Out\u003c\/i\u003e] bursts with passages that linger after reading. . . . haunting.\"\u003cb\u003e---Christopher Flavelle, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A moving, melancholy, environment-focused memoir.\" * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *\u003cbr\u003e\"A short beauty of a book.\"\u003cb\u003e---M.J. 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