# The Optimist's Telescope

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- Book: [The Optimist's Telescope](https://www.bookquiver.com/bina-venkataraman/the-optimists-telescope) ([The Optimist's Telescope.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/bina-venkataraman/the-optimists-telescope.md))
- Authors: [Bina Venkataraman](https://www.bookquiver.com/bina-venkataraman)
- Publisher: riverhead_books
- ISBN: 978-07-3521-948-9
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2020-08-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Named a Best Book of 2019 by NPR “How might we mitigate losses caused by shortsightedness? Bina Venkataraman, a former climate adviser to the Obama administration, brings a storyteller’s...