Errata

 

  • P. 67 – Neutral pH is listed as 6; it should be 7.
  • P. 244, 7th line from the bottom is missing from the sentence beginning with “they do not normally organize petitions…” The missing line is: “…know anything about the topic under investigations. Yet, in 1997, Fred Seitz…”
  • P. 266 – We attribute the quote “There is no such thing as a free lunch” to John Maynard Keynes. Evidently, the actual source of this quote is unknown.
  • P. 184, second paragraph – In the sentence which reads “…showing that there had been a warming since 1980…” the phrase “since 1980” should be removed.
  • P. 29 – Beryllium is described as a “heavy metal”. It is, in fact, the second lightest metal.
  • Russell Seitz has raised concerns about the summary of his arguments on p.62. While the excerpt from his article is paraphrased, the meaning is intact.
  • P. 21, line 14 from the bottom, the word “additive” should be corrected to “addictive.”
  • P. 276, line 17 from the bottom, Tony Heymet’s last name should be corrected to Haymet.
  • Arthur Sulzburger’s last name should be corrected to Sulzberger
  • P. 146, the sentence beginning “The Science Mob” should read “The Science Mob,” from the New Republic, recounted the David Baltimore case, where a collaborator of Dr. Baltimore was accused of falsifying experimental results, and…”
  • P.138, due to a typographic error the number of women in the Hirayama study is incorrectly given as 540. The correct number is 91,540 women.
  • P.197, line 23, quote should be “. . .dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.”