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The Butter-Up and Undercut. The Certain Uncertainty. The Straight-Up Fabrication. Dave Levitan dismantles all of these deceptive arguments, and many more, in this probing and hilarious examination of the ways our elected officials attack scientific findings that conflict with their political agendas. The next time you hear a politician say, ""Well, I'm not a scientist, but…,"" you'll be ready.

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A clever, timely guide to the sneaky ways sleazy politicians bamboozle us on climate change and other scientific issues. Ernest Hemingway said every good writer needs a built-in, shockproof BS detector, and now thanks to Dave Levitan we can all have one. -- Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Toms River Read Dave Levitan's bare-knuckled book for insight into the manipulations and distortions by anti-science politicians who have chosen to act as advocates for vested corporate interests rather than the people they're supposed to represent. -- Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor, Penn State University, and co-author of The Madhouse Effect With this compelling and enjoyable book, Dave Levitan may have put the 'I'm not a scientist' line out to pasture for good. While I expect politicians may not read it, the public should! Science issues will be at the heart of every important decision our new President makes. -- Lawrence M. Krauss, theoretical physicist and author of The Greatest Story Ever Told ... So Far

A clever, timely guide to the sneaky ways sleazy politicians bamboozle us on climate change and other scientific issues. Ernest Hemingway said every good writer needs a built-in, shockproof BS detector, and now thanks to Dave Levitan we can all have one. -- Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Toms River Read Dave Levitan's bare-knuckled book for insight into the manipulations and distortions by anti-science politicians who have chosen to act as advocates for vested corporate interests rather than the people they're supposed to represent. -- Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor, Penn State University, and co-author of The Madhouse Effect With this compelling and enjoyable book, Dave Levitan may have put the I'm not a scientist line out to pasture for good. While I expect politicians may not read it, the public should! Science issues will be at the heart of every important decision our new President makes. -- Lawrence M. Krauss, theoretical physicist and author of The Greatest Story Ever Told ... So Far

Read this book. It's not just timely, it could save your future. -- Physics World It's a timely reference work-a kind of citizens' guide to identifying public untruths... -- The Irish Times He [Dave Levitan] vividly demonstrates the nuance in data collection, that scientists can make mistakes, and beautifully constructs a metaphor of the body of science being constructed and reconstructed via layers of studies and discoveries over time. -- Nature Astronomy ... deliciously mordant critique... A key handbook for an era of alternative facts and pressures on research. -- Nature

A clever, timely guide to the sneaky ways sleazy politicians bamboozle us on climate change and other scientific issues. Ernest Hemingway said every good writer needs a built-in, shockproof BS detector, and now thanks to Dave Levitan we can all have one. -- Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Toms River Read Dave Levitan's bare-knuckled book for insight into the manipulations and distortions by anti-science politicians who have chosen to act as advocates for vested corporate interests rather than the people they're supposed to represent. -- Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor, Penn State University, and co-author of The Madhouse Effect

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Dave Levitan is a journalist whose work has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Scientific American, Slate, and many other outlets. He lives near Philadelphia with his wife.

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