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Black & White: Politically Incorrect Essays on Politics, Culture, Science, Religion, Energy, and Environment Paperback – November 29, 2011

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In this collection of incisive essays, geologist and historian David Deming demonstrates why he is often controversial and always politically incorrect. According to Deming, the world is not running out of oil and the age of fossil fuels has just begun. Deming explains why he denies global warming, why science is never settled, and why we should be worried about the next Ice Age. He explains why Malthus was wrong, documents the environmental movement's preoccupation with hysterical fear-mongering, exposes light-bulb lunacy, and debunks the myth of the noble savage. Deming's topics range from academic freedom, to comparisons of religions, diets, and theories of evolution. You may not agree with Deming, but his perspicacious observations always make fascinating reading.

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David Deming (b. 1954) is associate professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He graduated from Indiana University in 1983 with a BS degree in geology, and received a Ph.D in geophysics from the University of Utah in 1988. Prior to his arrival at the University of Oklahoma in 1992, Deming held a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the US Geological Survey in California. From 1992 through 2005, Dr. Deming was an assistant and associate professor in the School of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Oklahoma. Deming is an adjunct faculty member at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs and the National Center for Policy Analysis. Dr. Deming has contributed more than forty peer-reviewed research papers to the scientific literature. He is the author of a textbook on hydrogeology, Introduction to Hydrogeology (2002), and a trilogy on the history of science, Science and Technology in World History, Volumes 1, 2, and 3.

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Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 29, 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 148 pages
ISBN-10 : 1467919861
ISBN-13 : 978-1467919869
Item Weight : 7.4 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.34 x 9 inches

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Thomas A. Elliott Jr.

A critical thinker for our times

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2013

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For all you politically correct lemmings do your brain a favor and read this book. I thoroughly enjoy David Deming. In this politically correct, turn off your brain-tune into the mainstream media age, he is a thoughtful counterpoint. While he can often be outrageous in making his points, they are worth hearing. He is a solid critical thinker offering an insightful voice, crying out in this liberal media culture. As David points out, we have a crisis in this country today. Objective, follow the facts wherever they lead you, science has been replaced by politically tweaked half-truths posing as objective science. This has created bad policy, even worse decisions, and led to wasting billions of dollars on fruitless endeavors as he points out. There is scientific truth and you may not like this book but the facts are what they are as he clearly points out.

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Nate the Grate

Uncommon Sense

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2013

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When you know something is true and the politically correct are telling you that it is not; wouldn't you like to have the scientific proof? Here it is. Whether its the weather or whether its peak oil, David Deming will dig out the facts. He is a scientist and he writes and thinks as such.

Often one can see the excellence of George Will but with no chance of a baseball reference. I recommend reading these essays in random order. Not only will you find yourself thinking more, you will notice how often those in the media are thinking less.

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JRz Toolz

Just The Facts Maam

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2013

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My daughter and her husband are both OU grads, and after learning of this book, I was very intrigued. It reads more like a journal of thoughts on random subjects than a novel, and has short sets of facts and opinions he offers. If you think the government, geological scientists, and Big Oil are sort of "abusing" us and pulling the wool over our eyes, this book will confirm it. How I'd love to hear a debate with Dr. Deming and good ole Al Gore front and center. It's a concise and easy to read book on a variety of subjects, and will probably offend some of the "sensitive" and delusional among you. But the crux of the book deals with the global warming hoax, and will probably be very informative and entertaining for most.

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Merle

No time wasted

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2012

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The book is a quick read and comes to the point quickly so that you're not in the dark as to the author's position. What I would like to have seen is a list or references for further reading or that support the author's position. The topics covered are all of current interest and take a no nonsense point of view that's refreshing compared to other acclaimed positions by conventional sources.

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Van Vandivier

A Thinking Man Not Afraid to Say What He believes

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2012

I recommend this incisive and insightful book to you without reservation. While you may not agree with all of this professor's viewpoints, these essays will make you think. You will appreciate the presentation of these ideas in short essays, most are only a couple of pages, which makes this book perfect for considering the issues presented without getting bogged down. You won't have to wade through a lengthy explanation and abstruse intellectual argument just to understand what is being said. As a geophysicist, this author knows what he is talking about on energy and global warming---he's got the technical knowledge and expertise to back up what he says. The viewpoints set out on the state of American society are always articulate, always thought provoking and frequently right on the mark. I could go on---there are a lot of diverse ideas covering a wealth of pertinent subjects---but I won't. I do encourage you to see what is in this book to catch your interest. In addition to learning some things I'll bet you don't already know, I think you will find it a good read.

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