{"product_id":"9780470618714","title":"Hack the Planet: Science's Best Hope - or Worst Nightmare - for Averting Climate Catastrophe","description":"\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eHACK THE PLANET\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHack the Planet\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a sci-fi novel.But it's all the scarier because it's true.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/i\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eField Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone who considers themselves scientifically literate had better get versed in the new discipline of geoengineering—or planethacking, as Eli Kintisch calls it in this nuanced and useful new account. This discussion is not going to go away anytime soon!\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eEaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As climate change goes unmitigated and continues to worsen,it seems we can no longer avoid a public debate on the prospect of planetary geoengineering—doing something probably bad to the planet to avert something even worse. It will be an Earth-changing discussion, and no one should feel competent to participate without having first read Eli Kintisch's \u003ci\u003eHack the Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, an indispensable introduction to the topic. The scientific ideas he explains and characters he depicts are compelling and occasionally riveting.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChris Mooney\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Republican War on Science\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eUnscientific America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHack the Planet\u003c\/i\u003e is a superbly written and reportedchronicle of a remarkable story. In just a few years, 'geoengineering' fixes to climate change—simulating volcanoes, CO2-sucking, cloud-brightening—have gone from crackpot to considered ideas. Eli Kintisch's book is boundlessly smarter and more deeplyresearched on this topic than SuperFreakonomics. Expect to hear much more in coming years from the planet-hackers—and from Kintisch.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eEric Roston\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley, John \u0026 Sons, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105676443888,"sku":"9780470618714","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780470618714_p0.jpg?v=1763706465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780470618714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}