Bookshelf

Cut through the confusion, hyperbole, and disinformation for a quick take on what’s good and what’s not with our no-nonsense reviews of climate change books, papers, and resources.

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The Bet

The book profiles the lives of ‘celebrity biologist’ Paul Ehrlich and ‘iconoclast economist’ Julian Simon. Two men who rose to prominence in the 1970s with two immoveable and diametrically opposed visions of the world. Their loathing for one another culminated in a decade long bet over the future of the planet.

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