Naomi Oreskes
Historian of science
Naomi Oreskes is an American historian of science at Harvard University. She co-wrote the bestselling Merchants of Doubt, about how doubt was cast on scientific findings.
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American Born 1958 in New York City, United States
About Naomi Oreskes
Naomi Oreskes spent 15 years at the University of California, San Diego, as Professor of History and Science Studies. She moved to Harvard University in 2013, taking a professorship in the history of science along with an affiliated post in earth and planetary sciences. In 2020 she was also named the Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science. Her work has covered geophysics, global warming and other environmental issues, and the history of science. In 2010 she and Erik Conway published Merchants of Doubt, which draws parallels between the climate change debate and earlier controversies, including the tobacco industry's effort to hide the link between smoking and disease. She has written for publications such as The New York Times and Scientific American. She was named the Volvo Environment Laureate in 2025.