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CUP Women in Science
Today for Women’s History Month, we’re shining a spotlight on a few published works by women in science. Naomi Oreskes, author of The Collapse of Western Civilization was a recipient of the 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship. Donna Dickenson is a philosopher who specializes in medical ethics and has authored more than 20 books on the topic including Me Medicine vs. We Medicine. And Nessa Carey, author of Junk DNA, is a biologist working in the field of molecular biology and biotechnology.
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In the News
- VIDEO: Naomi Oreskes discusses the book on Greenhouse on MSNBC
- Read an interview with Naomi Oreskes in The Guardian
- 14 Concepts That Will Be Obsolete After Catastrophic Climate Change, by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
- Listen to an interview with Naomi Oreskes on the Inquiring Minds Podcast with Chris Mooney
- Climate change: historians will look back and ask ‘why didn’t they act?’ — Naomi Oreskes discusses the book with The Guardian
- Read Naomi Oreskes’s essay The Pragmatic Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment to Address Climate Change
- Read a review in New York Times Book Review
- Read an article on the book in TomDispatch.com
- Read a review in Mother Jones
- Read a discussion of the book from DotEarth via the New York Times
- Chris Mooney discusses the book in Grist
