Erik M. Conway (born 1965) is the

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in Pasadena.Collins Literary Agency Rights Guide/March 2008
/ref> He is the author of several books. He previously completed a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1998, with a dissertation on the development of aircraft landing aids. In ''High-Speed Dreams'' (2005), Conway argues that U.S. government sponsorship of supersonic commercial transportation systems resulted from Cold War concerns about a loss of technological prowess in the modern world. ''Realizing the Dream of Flight'' (2006) consists of eleven essays on individuals prepared in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight. Conway also wrote ''Blind Landings'' (2007) and he is a co-author of a secondary-level education text entitled ''Science and Exploration'' (2007). ''Atmospheric Science at NASA'' was published in 2008. His 2010 book ''

Merchants of Doubt ''Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming'' is a 2010 non-fiction book by American historians of science Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. It identifies parallels betw ...

'' was co-authored with

Naomi Oreskes Naomi Oreskes (; born November 25, 1958) is an American historian of science. She became Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University in 2013, after 15 years as Professor of H ...

,McKie, Robin
"Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M Conway".
''The Guardian'', August 8, 2010 as was his article in the Winter 2013 issue of ''

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'' called ''The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future''.

Bibliography

* ''High-Speed Dreams'' (2005) * ''Realizing the Dream of Flight'' (2006) * ''Blind Landings'' (2007) * ''Science and Exploration'' (2007) * ''Atmospheric Science at NASA'' (2008) * ''Merchants of Doubt'' (co-authored with Naomi Oreskes; 2010) * "The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future" Daedalus (Winter 2013) * Online version is titled "Unlimited information is transforming society".

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External links

Erik M. Conway
personal website

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