I'm a historian of science and technology living in Altadena, California. I completed a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1998, with a dissertation on the development of aircraft landing aids.
Erik Meade Conway [1 ] (born 1965) is the historian at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. [2 ] He is the author of several books.
Oreskes and Conway write that in each case "keeping the controversy alive" by spreading doubt and confusion after a scientific consensus had been reached was the basic strategy of those opposing action. [1 ] In particular, they show that…
5. 10. 2015891 zhlédnutíErikConway is a historian of science and technology residing in Pasadena, CA, currently employed by the California Institute of Technology. He studies and d...
In their new book, Merchants of Doubt, historians Naomi Oreskes and ErikConway explain how a loose–knit group of high-level scientists, with extensive political connections, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well…
Píše se rok 2393 a svět je zcela jiný, než byl na počátku třetího tisíciletí. Jasná varování před klimatickou katastrofou byla po desetiletí ponechána bez povšimnutí, což vedlo ke všeobecné…
ErikConway is a historian of science and technology and works for the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of seven books and dozens of articles and essays. He lives in Pasadena, California.