Erik M. Conway (born 1965) is the
historian at
NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the
California Institute of Technology 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
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commercial transportation system
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s 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' 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 betwe ...
'' 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'' 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".]
Notes and references
External links
Erik M. Conway
personal 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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