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    Senator Hillary Clinton once rebuked author Michael Crichton for a novel of his. Which is this novel?

    Question #100746. Asked by deepakmr. (Nov 03 08 10:17 AM)


    cdrock00

    		The book is "State of Fear" about the hoax of global warming.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2005/sep/29/comment.bookscomment

    Nov 03 08, 10:35 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Despite it being a work of fiction, the book has found use by global warming skeptics. For example, United States Senator Jim Inhofe, who once pronounced global warming "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people", made State of Fear “required reading” for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which he chaired from 2003-2007. In September 2005, Inhofe called Crichton to testify before this committee. During Crichton's testimony Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton scolded him for views that "muddy the issues around sound science" and Senator Barbara Boxer said, "I think we have to focus on facts, not fiction." In part for his reliance on Crichton's novel as a scientific source, Chris Mooney of The American Prospect called Inhofe "the U.S. Senate's leading abuser of science."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_fear#cite_note-NYTimes-39

    Nov 03 08, 2:26 PM

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