The Inquisition of Climate Science

摘要

James Lawrence Powell Columbia University Press 272 pp. $27.95 (2011) Geologist James Powell exposes the tactics of climate-change deniers in his latest book. Arguing that the current attempt to undermine trust in climate research is the most egregious attack on science in history, he examines the movement and its protagonists. He points out the rhetorical tricks, lack of credentials and industry backing of many deniers, their unwillingness to present alternative theories, and historical precedents of resistance to scientific evidence.