Merchants of Doubt

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It is alarmingly easy it is to spread doubt about settled science, if you have some cash to spare and are sufficiently motivated.

To be clear, this book is not about the science of second hand smoke, global warming, or CFCs, but how the science is filtered as it gets to the public and policy makers. You will not come away with additional arguments you can use against self-styled skeptics. I mostly just found it depressing (though well written & researched.)