Merchants of Doubt
Merchants of Doubt is a history of science by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, first published by Bloomsbury Press in New York on 3 June 2010. It traces how a small group of scientists and think tanks cast doubt on evidence about tobacco, acid rain, the ozone hole and global warming.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010
- First published
- Bloomsbury Press, New York, 2010
- First UK edition
- Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011
The first edition of Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes was published in New York by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2010. We track 2 editions.
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- 7 on Open Library, 6 in English
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- Articles in 14 languages
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Who published the first edition of Merchants of Doubt?
The first edition of Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes was published in New York by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2010.
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We track 2 editions of Merchants of Doubt, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
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