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News release prepared by: Emily Vietti, 785-532-2535, evietti@1xbet sports betting edu

Monday, Oct. 11, 2010

SCIENCE HISTORIAN NAOMI ORESKES TO LECTURE, DISCUSS NEW BOOK

MANHATTAN -- Science historian Naomi Oreskes will lecture and discuss her new book &1xbet sports betting ;Merchants of Doubt&1xbet sports betting ; on a tour across Kansas, stopping first at Kansas State University.

Oreskes' lecture, which is free and open to the public, is at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, in Forum Hall at the 1xbet sports betting Student Union. She will sign copies of her book after the lecture. The agronomy and geography departments are hosting the event.

Oreskes is one of the world's leading historians of science. Her research focuses on consensus and dissent in science. Her 2004 essay &1xbet sports betting ;The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change&1xbet sports betting ; was cited in the documentary &1xbet sports betting ;An Inconvenient Truth&1xbet sports betting ; and led to op-ed pieces in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

In &1xbet sports betting ;Merchants of Doubt&1xbet sports betting ; Oreskes discusses how science can be misconstrued to create doubt. Her research highlights the disconnect between the state of scientific debate and the way it is presented in the mass media and perceived by the public. Specifically, Oreskes looks at public beliefs -- or disbelief -- about climate change.

&1xbet sports betting ;Climate change is about more than just increases in temperature,&1xbet sports betting ; said K-State's Chuck Rice, university distinguished professor of soil microbiology. &1xbet sports betting ;It's about climate variability, including precipitation, which would have a great impact on Kansas if current projections are correct. Even with doubts about climate change, climate and weather are still important for Kansas agriculture and Kansas citizens.&1xbet sports betting ;

Rice said that climate research is essential at 1xbet sports betting , citing two separate National Science Foundation grants that have created partnerships between 1xbet sports betting and other Kansas universities for climate change research and education.

After Oreskes' stop at 1xbet sports betting , she will be at the Kansas University Oct. 19, and Fort Hays State University Oct. 20. The three universities are collaborating to sponsor her visit.