Merchants of doubt how a handful of scientists obscured. How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming by naomi oreskes. Naomi oreskes is a professor of the history of science and affiliated professor of. The pattern repeats itself in a string of issues including controversy over tobacco smoke, the dangers of acid rain, and ddt. Naomi oreskes tells the story in her book merchants of doubt and today on the science show we hear naomi oreskes in a public address at the university of nsw in 2010. Merchants of doubt how a handful of scientists obscure the truth about climate change. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of ddt. Ipcc reports were an accurate reflection of the rank and file of the scientific. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us. In 2004, discover magazine ran an article on the top science stories of the year, one of which was the emergence of a scienti.
An insiders history of the modern theory of the earth. Mediocre audio, hifi recommended cd quality 56 mb or lofi 14 mb. Conway document a network of environmental skeptics, arguing that these hawkish p. How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to. How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming. In their new book, merchants of doubt, historians naomi oreskes and erik conway explain how a looseknit group of highlevel scientists, with extensive. Chapter 6 the denial of global warming m any americans have the impression that global warming is something that scientists have only recently realized was important. Inspired by the acclaimed book by naomi oreskes and erik conway, merchants of doubt takes audiences on a satirically comedic yet illuminating ride. Naomi oreskes, stephen macedo, ottmar edenhofer, jon krosnick, marc lange, m susan lindee, martin kowarsch. Merchants of doubt how a handful of scientists obscured the.
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