"The Madhouse Effect portrays the intellectual pretzels into which denialists must twist logic to explain away the clear evidence that human activity has changed Earth's climate. Toles's cartoons collapse counter-scientific strategies into their biased components, helping readers see how to best strike at these fallacies. Mann's expert skills at science communication aim to restore sanity to a debate that continues to rage against widely acknowledged scientific consensus. The synergy of these two climate science crusaders enlivens the gloom and doom of so many climate-themed books--and may even convert die-hard doubters to the side of science,"--Amazon.com.

Science : how it works -- Climate change : the basics -- Why should I give a damn? -- The stages of denial -- The war on climate science -- Hypocrisy, thy name is climate change denial -- Geoengineering, or, "What could possibly go wrong?" -- A path forward.