{"product_id":"unsettled-isbn-9781950665792","title":"Unsettled","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • 2022 IPPY AWARDS GOLD MEDALIST — SCIENCE • NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS FINALIST — POLITICAL • 2021 WORLD MAGAZINE ACCESSIBLE SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR — HONORABLE MENTION\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUnsettled\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable book—probably the best book on climate change for the intelligent layperson—that achieves the feat of conveying complex information clearly and in depth.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eClaremont Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eUnsettled\u003c\/i\u003e] is no polemic. It’s a plea for understanding how scientists extract clarity from complexity.” \u003cb\u003e— \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Climate change will be an economic disaster.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou've heard all this presented as fact. But according to science,  \u003ci\u003eall \u003c\/i\u003eof these statements are profoundly misleading. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that \"the science is settled.\" In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation. Core questions—about the way the climate is responding to our influence, and what the impacts will be—remain largely unanswered. The climate \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e changing, but the why and how aren't as clear as you've probably been led to believe.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, one of America's most distinguished scientists is clearing away the fog to explain what science really says (and doesn't say) about our changing climate. In \u003ci\u003eUnsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Koonin draws upon his decades of experience—including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration—to provide up-to-date insights and expert perspective free from political agendas.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFascinating, clear-headed, and full of surprises, this book gives readers the tools to both understand the climate issue and be savvier consumers of science media in general. Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science itself, showing us where it comes from and guiding us through the implications of the evidence. He dispels popular myths and unveils little-known truths: despite a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures actually \u003ci\u003edecreased\u003c\/i\u003e from 1940 to 1970. What's more, the models we use to predict the future aren't able to accurately describe the climate of the past, suggesting they are deeply flawed.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKoonin also tackles society's response to a changing climate, using data-driven analysis to explain why many proposed \"solutions\" would be ineffective, and discussing how alternatives like adaptation and, if necessary, geoengineering will ensure humanity continues to prosper. \u003ci\u003eUnsettled\u003c\/i\u003e is a reality check buoyed by hope, offering the truth about climate science that you aren't getting elsewhere—what we know, what we don't, and what it all means for our future.“The book is no polemic. It’s a plea for understanding how scientists extract clarity from complexity. And, as Mr. Koonin makes clear, few areas of science are as complex and multidisciplinary as the planet’s climate.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eUnsettled\u003c\/i\u003e teaches that we need to follow scientific knowledge as it develops, and carefully to consider the costs and benefits of different alternatives.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Diana Furchtgott-Roth, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Koonin . . . is an authority, in the best academic sense of the word . . . \u003ci\u003eUnsettled\u003c\/i\u003e will be a mainstay of reference sections in heterodox critiques of the climate-catastrophe-industrial complex for years to come.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003eWe have too many global warming books—but this one is needed. Steven Koonin has the credentials, expertise, and experience to ask the right questions and to give realistic answers.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eVaclav Smil, distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Essential reading and a timely breath of fresh air for climate policy. The science of climate is neither settled nor sufficient to dictate policy. Rather than an existential crisis, we face a wicked problem that requires a pragmatic balancing of costs and benefits.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eWilliam W. Hogan,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eprofessor of Global Energy Policy at Harvard Kennedy School\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Tough talk about climate politics from a statesman scientist—and a vision of what will actually come to pass.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRobert B. Laughlin, Stanford University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eUnsettled \u003c\/i\u003ewill definitely and rightly unsettle your climate thoughts, and all for the better. If we are to make trillion dollar investments, we deserve to be as well informed as possible.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBjorn Lomborg, president of Copenhagen Consensus and visiting fellow at The Hoover Institution at Stanford University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a carefully researched and insightful book, Steven Koonin highlights the significant uncertainty underlying climate models and statistics, the limits of technical and political responses, and the need to reassert the core values of scientific independence and integrity that drive social progress.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—William van Wijngaarden, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the Witherspoon Institute\u003c\/i\u003e and professor of physics at York University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The most important book on climate science in decades.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Rupert Darwall, \u003ci\u003eRealClearPolitics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating and informative reading, and one hopes it will improve the climate for honest and open discussion.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jonathan Tennenbaum, \u003ci\u003eAsia Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Koonin takes his fellow scientists to task for withholding the information he presents in this book. Ironically, most of the data he reports comes directly from the very reports that are used to exaggerate the problems we face. This scientific malpractice seems mainly driven by self-interest . . . Because of this, it is time confront the true climate deniers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Robert M. Whaples, \u003ci\u003eThe Independent Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Koonin takes deliberate, explicit care to write dispassionately and factually . . . This book should be read by every journalist, pundit, and environmental activist, and by all politicians, policymakers, as well as their staffs.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Henry Bauer, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Scientific Exploration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eUnsettled\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent case study on climate science, its inherent complexity and uncertainty, and a cautionary tale on how interpretive filters in the policymaking process have shaped, and sometimes misinformed, the climate policy debate. It should on be the reading list of scientists and engineers whose responsibility, as citizens, extends beyond the laboratory to communicating to a larger public often overwhelmed and confused by the media. Policymakers and politicians will find it a source of reflection for their arguments, positions, and decisions.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jean-Lou Chameau, President Emeritus, Caltech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Steven E. Koonin\u003c\/b\u003e is a leader in science policy in the United States. He served as Undersecretary for Science in the US Department of Energy under President Obama, where he was the lead author of the Department's Strategic Plan and the inaugural Quadrennial Technology Review (2011). With more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in the fields of physics and astrophysics, scientific computation, energy technology and policy, and climate science, Dr. Koonin was a professor of theoretical physics at Caltech, also serving as Caltech's Vice President and Provost for almost a decade. He is currently a University Professor at New York University, with appointments in the Stern School of Business, the Tandon School of Engineering, and the Department of Physics. Dr. Koonin's memberships include US National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the JASON group of scientists who solve technical problems for the US government. Since 2014, he has been a trustee of the Institute for Defense Analyses and chaired the National Academies' Divisional Committee for Engineering and Physical Sciences from 2014-2019. He is currently an independent governor of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and has served in similar roles for the Los Alamos, Sandia, Brookhaven, and Argonne National Laboratories.","brand":"BenBella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301742006501,"sku":"NP9781950665792","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781950665792.jpg?v=1742924962","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/unsettled-isbn-9781950665792","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}