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PRAISE FOR THE WAR ON SCIENCE

“Otto makes a case that can’t be refuted. Science is important to all of us, especially in a democracy. He backs it up with peer-reviewed studies, carefully researched numbers, and his own extensive experience. He uses the process of science to prove that we need science in order to remain free. Here’s hoping voters everywhere take him seriously—soon.”

—Bill Nye

“We’re seeing right now a titanic battle between the power of science and the power of money—and money is winning. This book explains why, and offers some pointers that might get us back on the right track.”

—Bill McKibben

“Science is not a body of facts, but rather a structured approach to uncovering the fundamental laws that govern the natural world. As The War on Science shows, policymakers who choose to ignore those fundamental laws imperil us all, for the laws of nature will always trump the laws of man.”

—Marcia McNutt, president of the US National Academy of Sciences

“This insightful, heavily researched book pulls back the curtain to show exactly where and how the rise of authoritarianism is being accomplished, via academic, fundamentalist, and public relations attacks on scientists and the ideas of science that underlie modern democracy. The War on Science is must reading for anyone wanting to understand what’s really going on in today’s politics.”

—Michael E. Mann

“Evidence from science is one of the world’s great equalizers, because it forms an objective basis for public policy. This book illustrates how central that notion is to the forming of modern democracy, and how current attacks on science endanger our freedom. Policymakers and voters everywhere would do well to read The War on Science.”

—Walter Mondale

“In the struggle of people to be free, there has been one common denominator on which democracy, like Sherlock Holmes, depends—science, and the evidence it provides, as a guide to truth, fairness, and justice. This insightful book explores how science became a necessary prerequisite for democracy, why it is under attack today, and what we can do to defend truth and freedom.”

—Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

“Before you vote in the next election, read Shawn Otto’s The War on Science.”

—Ben Bova, award-winning author of the Grand Tour series and former editorial director of Omni

“The War on Science dissects the factors creating a perfect storm of anti-intellectualism, persuading millions to actively vote against their own interests. This is not a book that will convert Limbaugh dancers. But it just might help you to draw that smart engineer uncle back toward the light. It might even encourage such fellows to join a newborn movement, reviving a science-loving version of conservatism out of the ashes.”

—David Brin, scientist and award-winning author of The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose between Privacy and Freedom?

“One of the most important books published in the last decade.”

—Don Shelby, Peabody Award–winning news anchor