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Naomi Oreskes
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Naomi Oreskes is an American historian of science whose work examines geophysics, environmental issues, and public controversies over scientific knowledge.
Biography
Naomi Oreskes is an American historian of science born on November 25, 1958. Her research has addressed geophysics, environmental issues including global warming, and the history of science. She spent 15 years as Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego.
In 2013, Oreskes became professor of the history of science and affiliated professor of earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University. In 2020, she was also named Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science. She co-authored Merchants of Doubt in 2010, examining parallels between the climate change debate and earlier public controversies, including tobacco industry efforts to obscure the connection between smoking and serious disease.
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Books by Naomi Oreskes
Merchants of Doubt
Merchants of Doubt describes how a loosely connected group of scientists and scientific advisers with political and industry ties ran campaigns over four decades to mislead the public about established scientific knowledge. It examines smoking and lung cancer, coal smoke and acid rain, and CFCs and ozone depletion, while identifying parallels with the climate change debate.