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greenlight421's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
2.0
Seemed endless. Metaphors and pop culture references got really tiresome. Important, but could have been a pamphlet.
blynholder's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Fantastic historical narrative that follows the people who invented electricity all the way to denying climate change is upon us. Lipsky uses clever anecdotes and fascinating stories to break up the heavy history of climate science.
alexismsw's review
The second half of the book (the section on climate deniers), the author was trying to follow so many different people and threads, and I would have preferred it went in chronological order. A lot of good content, really important (and enraging), but I couldn’t keep track of it the way it was written.
nicciobert's review against another edition
informative
4.25
Well-researched and important book that outlines the intricately concerted effort to politicize science, from the determination that asprin contributes to Reye Syndrome to the link between smoking and cancer, to the now existential threat of human-caused climate change. It's frustrating and maddening, but critical for the general populous to know the indisputable links between the people who have made a life's work of casting doubt on science and scientists, at the peril of the planet.