Erik Meade Conway (born 1965) is the
historian
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at
NASA
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's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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at the
California Institute of Technology
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in Pasadena.
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
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commercial
transportation systems resulted from
Cold War
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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
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' 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'' was co-authored with
Naomi Oreskes,
[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 ''
Daedalus
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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)
* ''Exploration and Science: Social Impact and Interaction'' ''(Science and Society)'', Co-authors: by Michael Sean Reidy, Gary Kroll (2006)
* ''Blind Landings'' (2007)
* ''Science and Exploration'' (2007)
* ''Atmospheric Science at NASA'' (2008)
* ''Merchants of Doubt'' (co-author: Naomi Oreskes; 2010)
* ''The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future'' (Daedalus, 2013)
* ''The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market'' (co-authors: Naomi Oreskes; Bloomsbury, 2023)
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[Online version is titled "Unlimited information is transforming society".]
Notes and references
External links
Erik M. Conwaypersonal website
1965 births
Living people
21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
American male non-fiction writers
American non-fiction environmental writers
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Scientific American people
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