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Naomi Oreskes
Henry Charles Lea Professor of the history of science, Harvard University
Naomi Oreskes is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. An internationally renowned scientist, historian, and public intellectual, she is a leading voice on the reality on anthropogenic climate change and the history of anti-scientific disinformation. Oreskes is author or co-author of nine books, including The Rejection of Continental Drift (1990), Merchants of Doubt (2010) and The Big Myth (2023).
Professional Experience
Harvard University
Henry Charles Lea Professor of the history of science
2013 - Present
Education
Stanford University
Doctorate
1990
Leland Stanford Jr University
Doctorate
1990
Royal School of Mines
Bachelors
1981
Doctorate
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Publications
Stratigraphic and Earth System approaches to defining the An...
August 12, 2016
AGU Abstracts
Assessing ExxonMobil’s climate change communications
ALIGNING U.S. ENERGY POLICY WITH A 1.5°C CLIMATE LIMIT: HOW TO DESIGN AND MANAGE A FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTION PHASEOUT AND AN EQUITABLE ENERGY TRANSITION I
public affairs | 09 december 2019
Geoffrey Supran, Naomi Oreskes
The fossil fuel industrys current business model is incompatible with holding global warming well below 2 °C. As policymakers move to address fossil f...
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Supporting scientific communication in public debate
FALL MEETING 2018
12 december 2018
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Science on a Mission: How Military Secrecy Impeded the Development of Plate Tectonics
FALL MEETING 2018
11 december 2018
Naomi Oreskes
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Volunteer Experience
2000 - 2002
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History of Geophysics
1998 - 2000
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History of Geophysics
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