Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xiii
4. Introduction 1
5. Not Skeptics, Deniers 4
6. 1. Science and Potemkin Science 7
7. 2. Adventures in Denierland 15
8. 3. The Evidence for Consensus 24
9. 4. Discovery of Global Warming 36
10. 5. The Greenhouse Effect: From Curiosity to Threat 43
11. 6. Global Warming: All You Really Need to Know in One Chart 51
12. 7. Tobacco Tactics: The Scientist-Deniers 54
13. 8. Fear of State: The Nonscientists 73
14. 9. Toxic Tanks 93
15. 10. An Industry to Trust 110
16. 11. Balance as Bias: How the Media Missed “The Story of the Century” 121
17. 12. Science Under Attack 133
18. 13. Greatest Hoax in History? 148
19. 14. Climategate: Much Ado About Nothing 159
20. 15. Anatomy of Denial 170
21. 16. Escalating Tactics 180
22. 17. Earning Trust 188
23. Appendix 191
24. Notes 193
25. Bibliography 213
26. Acknowledgments 221
27. Index 223