{"product_id":"fool-me-twice-fighting-the-assault-on-science-in-america","title":"Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eShawn Lawrence Otto\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781605292175\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRodale Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eWhenever the people are well informed, Thomas Jefferson wrote, they can be trusted with their own government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what happens in a world dominated by complex science? Are the people still well-enough informed to be trusted with their own government? And with less than 2 percent of Congress with any professional background in science, how can our government be trusted to lead us in the right direction? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill the media save us? Don't count on it. In early 2008, of the 2,975 questions asked the candidates for president just six mentioned the words global warming or climate change, the greatest policy challenge facing America. To put that in perspective, three questions mentioned UFOs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday the world's major unsolved challenges all revolve around science. By the 2012 election cycle, at a time when science is influencing every aspect of modern life, antiscience views from climate-change denial to creationism to vaccine refusal have become mainstream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaced with the daunting challenges of an environment under siege, an exploding population, a falling economy and an education system slipping behind, our elected leaders are hard at work ... passing resolutions that say climate change is not real and astrology can control the weather. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShawn Lawrence Otto has written a behind-the-scenes look at how the government, our politics, and the media prevent us from finding the real solutions we need. \u003ci\u003eFool Me Twice\u003c\/i\u003e is the clever, outraged, and frightening account of America's relationship with science--a relationship that is on the rocks at the very time we need it most.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Rodale Books","offers":[{"title":"Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America | Shawn Lawrence Otto | Hardcover | 9781605292175 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1789217","offer_id":50931029901570,"sku":"1789217","price":27.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71RHCfbeQvL.jpg?v=1793498790","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/fool-me-twice-fighting-the-assault-on-science-in-america","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}