{"product_id":"9780547416083","title":"Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into climate change and increasingly dangerous hurricanes from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Republican War on Science\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A leading science journalist delves into a red-hot debate in meteorology: whether the increasing ferocity of hurricanes is connected to global warming.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the wake of Katrina, Chris Mooney follows the careers of leading scientists on either side of the argument through the 2006 hurricane season, tracing how the media, special interests, politics, and the weather itself have skewed and amplified what was already a fraught scientific debate. As Mooney puts it: “Scientists, like hurricanes, do extraordinary things at high wind speeds.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Mooney—a New Orleans native, host of the \u003ci\u003ePoint of Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e podcast, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Republican Brain\u003c\/i\u003e—has written “a well-researched, nuanced book” that closely examines whether we as a society should be held responsible for making hurricanes even bigger monsters than they already are (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Mooney serves his readers as both an empiricist who gathers data and an analyst who puts it into context. The result is an important book, whose author succeeds admirably in both his roles.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Engaging and readable . . . Mooney catches real science in the act and, in so doing, weaves a story as intriguing as it is important.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Mooney has hit upon an important and controversial topic, and attacks it with vigor.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[An] absorbing, informed account of the politics behind a pressing contemporary controversy.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120377544944,"sku":"9780547416083","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547416083_p0.jpg?v=1769896448","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547416083","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}