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“james lawrence powell”

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  • Faith in Fallacy

    A Century of State-Sanctioned Science Denial

    by James Lawrence Powell ...
    Today, when global warming denial and vaccination denial are alarmingly prevalent, it is crucial to understand that throughout history, science denial at the state level has cost scores of millions of lives. In the Soviet Union under Stalin, Lysenko's denial of genetics led to disastrous agricultural policies, resulting in the persecution and execution of dissenting scientists and widespread ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • The 2084 Report

    A Novel of the Great Warming

    by James Lawrence Powell ...
    For fans of The Drowned World and World War Z**, this “sobering and scary (and fascinating) novel—a look at where we’re going if we don’t quickly get our act together” (Bill McKibben,** New York Times bestselling author) regarding climate change—unveils our potential terrifying future.2084: Global warming has proven worse than even the most dire predictio... ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Sentinels in the Sky

    How Satellites Have Revolutionized Our Understanding of Earth and Space

    by James Lawrence Powell ...
    Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, satellites have become the silent sentinels of our planet and the cosmos. Orbiting high above, they have changed the way we live, the way we think, and most profoundly, the way we see. In Sentinels in the Sky: How Satellites Have Revolutionized Our Understanding of Earth and Space, geologist and author James Lawrence Powell tells the remarkable story of how ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Unlocking the Moon's Secrets

    From Galileo to Giant Impact

    by James Lawrence Powell ...
    The Moon is the most viewed object in the sky, the Sun being too bright to look at directly and the planets too far away. The Greeks deduced everything that could be learned about the Moon using only the naked eye, including that it has no light of its own but reflects that of the Sun. They understood the cause of eclipses and used the Earth's shadow on the Moon to conclude that our planet is a ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Mysteries of the Deep

    How Seafloor Drilling Expeditions Revolutionized Our Understanding of Earth History

    by James Lawrence Powell ...
    A groundbreaking chronicle of scientific ocean drilling—a crowning achievement of the twentieth century—and how it shaped our knowledge of Earth's past.Under the radar—or, rather, sonar—of most people and many scientists, for the last six decades ships have plied the world’s oceans, mining the seafloor for its secrets—and quietly resolving confounding geological mysteries. Continental drift and ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The 2084 Report

    An Oral History of the Great Warming

    by James Lawrence Powell ...
    Narrated by James Lawrence Powell, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Danny Campbell, Feodor Chin, Cynthia Farrell, Katherine Littrell, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Fred Sanders ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 58 min

    For fans of The Drowned World and World War Z**, this “sobering and scary (and fascinating) novel—a look at where we’re going if we don’t quickly get our act together” (Bill McKibben,** New York Times bestselling author) regarding climate change—unveils our potential terrifying future.2084: Global warming has proven worse than even the most dire predictio... ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD