American historian of science

Naomi Oreskes

Naomi Oreskes 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, and in 2020 was also named the Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science. She has worked on studies of geophysics, environmental issues such as global warming, and the history of science. In 2010, Oreskes co-authored Merchants of Doubt, which identified significant parallels between the climate change debate and earlier public controversies, notably the tobacco industry's campaign to obscure the link between smoking and serious disease.

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1958

November 25

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-571 Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
1034 Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
1120 The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.
1177 Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.

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The world in 1958

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april 14 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
april 21 United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
april 26 Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
april 4 The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

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Albert Henry Krehbiel 1873– American painter and illustrator (died 1945) Anastas Mikoyan 1895–1978 Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (died 1978) Catherine Cornaro 1454–1510 queen of Cyprus (born 1454) Chip Kelly 1963– American football player and coach Elsie J. Oxenham 1880–1960 English author and educator (born 1880) Ernst Schröder 1841–1902 German mathematician and academic (born 1841) Joel Kinnaman 1979– Swedish actor John Larroquette 1947– American actor Julius Robert von Mayer 1814–1878 German physician and physicist (born 1814)

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Adrian Newey 1958– English aerodynamicist and engineer Andy Reid 1958– American football player and coach Anna Politkovskaya 1958–2006 Russian journalist and activist (died 2006) Betsy DeVos 1958– American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education Caryl Phillips 1958– Caribbean-English author and playwright Charlie Kaufman 1958– American director, producer, and screenwriter Chris Columbus 1958– American director, producer, and screenwriter Hugo Sánchez 1958– Mexican footballer, coach, and manager Jennifer Saunders 1958– English actress, comedian and screenwriter

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