{"product_id":"reality-check-9780253024541","title":"Reality Check","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProthero's treatise will give the science-minded something to cheer about, a brief summary of the real data that supports so many critical aspects of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shabby tactics of science denialists sparked this astute exposition of what we lose when science is sidelined. . . . Ultimately, Prothero argues, by claiming that clear findings on climate change, biodiversity loss and overpopulation are false, deniers inch us closer to catastrophic planetary tipping points.\u003c\/p\u003e * Nature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrongly recommended for popular-science readers who want better to be able to explain and defend science and scientific methods to others.\u003c\/p\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReality Check\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining, thought-provoking, and informative read.\u003c\/p\u003e * Reports of the National Center for Science Education *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eReality Check\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Belief vs. Reality\u003cbr\u003e2. Science, our Candle in the Darkness\u003cbr\u003e A World Transformed\u003cbr\u003e What Is Science?\u003cbr\u003e Baloney Detection\u003cbr\u003e Whom Can We Trust?\u003cbr\u003e3. Selling Out Science\u003cbr\u003e \"Cancer by the Carton\"\u003cbr\u003e The Truth Will Set You Free—If You Can Find It\u003cbr\u003e Secondhand Smoke Kills, Too\u003cbr\u003e Star Wars vs. Nuclear Winter—How To Crucify Carl Sagan\u003cbr\u003e4. Making the Environment the Enemy: Acid Rain, the Ozone Hole, and the Demonization of Rachel Carson\u003cbr\u003e The Tragedy of the Commons\u003cbr\u003e Acid Rain: Death from the Skies\u003cbr\u003e The Ozone Hole: Another Environmental Crisis Resolved\u003cbr\u003e Rachel Carson and DDT: How Far Will the Anti-Environmentalists Go?\u003cbr\u003e5. Warm Enough for You?\u003cbr\u003e Political Hot Air\u003cbr\u003e Global Climate Change: the Scientific Evidence\u003cbr\u003e The Global Climate Denialist Conspiracy\u003cbr\u003e It's all Politics—and Our Planet Is the Hostage\u003cbr\u003e6. Gimme that Old Time Religion: Creationism and the Denial of Humanity's Place in Nature\u003cbr\u003e The Battle that Never Ends\u003cbr\u003e Why Do We Say Evolution Is Real?\u003cbr\u003e What Is Creationism?\u003cbr\u003e What Is Intelligent Design Creationism?\u003cbr\u003e The Creationists' Standard (Discredited) Arguments\u003cbr\u003e Why Should We Care?\u003cbr\u003e7. Jenny's Body Count: Playing Russian Roulette with Our Children\u003cbr\u003e The \"Good Old Days\"\u003cbr\u003e The Anti-Vaxxers\u003cbr\u003e Vaccines and Autism: Is There a Link?\u003cbr\u003e Playing Russian Roulette—With Other People's Children\u003cbr\u003e8. Victims of Modern Witch Doctors: AIDS Denialism\u003cbr\u003e The Strangest Denialism of All\u003cbr\u003e The Scourge of Africa\u003cbr\u003e Ignorance that Kills: AIDS Denialism\u003cbr\u003e Denying Death\u003cbr\u003e9. If it Quacks like a Quack: Snake-Oil Con Artists in an Era of Medical Science\u003cbr\u003e Modern Snake-Oil Salesmen\u003cbr\u003e Homeopathy: The \"Water Cure\" Revisited\u003cbr\u003e Back-Cracking: The Chiropractic Con Game\u003cbr\u003e Where is the Evidence?\u003cbr\u003e10. Down the Slope of Hubbert's Curve: The End of Cheap Oil and Natural Resources\u003cbr\u003e The Never-Ending Oil Crisis\u003cbr\u003e The Wealth of Nations\u003cbr\u003e The End of Cheap Oil\u003cbr\u003e What Do We Do?\u003cbr\u003e11. Crowded Enough for You? Human Overpopulation and its Consequences\u003cbr\u003e The Ticking Time Bomb\u003cbr\u003e Once Upon a Time . . . \u003cbr\u003e Do the Math!\u003cbr\u003e In Growth We Trust\u003cbr\u003e The Limits of Human Population\u003cbr\u003e Our Fellow Planetary Passengers: Do They Count?\u003cbr\u003e12. Rejection of Reality: How Denial of Science Threatens Us All\u003cbr\u003e Unscientific America\u003cbr\u003e Is our Children Learning Science?\u003cbr\u003e Why Do They Do It?\u003cbr\u003e Idiocracy\u003cbr\u003e Consequences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400562909527,"sku":"9780253024541","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253024541.jpg?v=1730470989","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reality-check-9780253024541","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}