An Inconvenient Truth--Gore's groundbreaking, battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling Earth in the Balance--is being published to tie in with a documentary film of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia presentations on global warming that Gore created and delivers to groups around the world. With this book, Gore, who is one of our environmental heroes--and a leading expert--brings together leading-edge research from top scientists around the world; photographs, charts, and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness--and with humor, too--that the fact of global warming is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be disastrous if left unchecked. This riveting new book--written in an accessible, entertaining style--will open the eyes of even the most skeptical.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Gore's "truth" is more like Propaganda:
"An Inconvenient Truth" The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It" is more like Propaganda. I do give Al's book two stars, probably more than it deserves, because the data do seem to show a slight warming in Earth's average annual temperature. However, I checked the real, revised, corrected, data. The rise seems to be over the last thirty years or so and is derived mostly from satellite data, not from direct temperature measurement at the Earth's surface. When we go further back,... more info
An Inconvenient Truth, or calculating deception?:
Inconvenient truth, or calculating deception? As a scientist, the book's points -- though fascinating -- echo as insincere. Well-established steps comprise the scientific method: (1) Pose a question, (2) Do research, (3) Construct a theory, (4) Test theory by experiment, (5) Analyze data, (6) Draw conclusions, and (7) Communicate the results among peers, inviting critical review. Completing publication review, qualified reviewers among the scientific community develop a broad consensus position. Peers... more info
Hyperventilation:
Hyperventilation over a non problem. Not a scholarly or unbiased look at the issue. Fails to provide any evidence of how global warming may prevent cold weather related deaths and improve agricultural production. This book describes a sham scary scenario as a pretext for controlling our lives.
This is a book that every American should read!:
Although i was well aware of global warming, the scientific evidence and the real statistics of the global warming from this book definitely raised my awareness even more. I mainly bought this book because i am very interested from saving the earth from the global warming. This book is informative and contains many pictures that reveal impact of the global warming in the world. This book is worth of every penny and worth of time to read it.
