Editor, please give a warm welcome to our our guest. applause thank you it is great to see such a robust crowd and energetic crowd, i have been a fan of them since inception, ten years ago i moderated my first about Climate Change so im happy to be back, im happy to introduce errol conway hes a historian of science and technology and the eco author merchants of doubt how a handful of scientists obscure the truth about tobacco smoke and global warming. Then we have the director of science and Society Research at the pm resort center and she offers reports about the public trust in science including views ranging from energy and climate to vaccines and gene and last but not least we have jeff from usc l. A. , hes a sociologist, he said he is why people care about what they care about and how moral concern relates to issues of science and religion, and went to john brian we are gathered this week during the anniversary of humankinds scientific achievements, you cant escape, the apollo moo
The public should trust science. He spoke at the History Museum in los angeles at an event hosted by the public square. This is just over one hour. Now it is my great pleasure to introduce tonights moderator, an awardwinning science journalist reporting on the diseased state of the world oceans earned her both a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting and the award for public understanding of science. She regularly contributes Opinion Pieces for the Los Angeles Times as a Senior Editor and writer at the huffington. Please give a warm welcome. [applause] thank you. Its great to see such a robust crowd and energetic crowd. Ive been a fan since its inception. Its actually my anniversary ten years ago i moderated my first panel on Climate Change so im thrilled to be back and with this wonderful panel i would like to introduce eric conway, historian of science and okchnology and the coauthor ofa a book merchants about how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco sm
Talked about this at zow calla scare. Forhis is the awardwinning reporting on the worlds oceans award. Pulitzer and contributes to the long and times and Senior Editor and writer. Thank you it is great to see a robust crowd and energetic crowd. I have been a fan of zow calla and it is my anniversary and i did it on Climate Change and great to be back. I would like to introduce erik conway, historian of science and technology and coauthor of a book merchants of doubt. Nd next is kerry funk from washington, d. C. , director of science and Society Research at the Pugh Research center and reports on the public trust in science. Views from energy and climate nd vaccines and we have ucla a sociologyist Whose Research how the life works. Why people care about what they care about and how moral concerns relates to science and religion. Im going to jump right in. We are gathered this week during the anniversary of humankinds scientific achievements, you cant escape, the apollo moon landing to d
Forhis is the awardwinning reporting on the worlds oceans award. Pulitzer and contributes to the long and times and Senior Editor and writer. Thank you it is great to see a robust crowd and energetic crowd. I have been a fan of zow calla and it is my anniversary and i did it on Climate Change and great to be back. I would like to introduce erik conway, historian of science and technology and coauthor of a book merchants of doubt. Nd next is kerry funk from washington, d. C. , director of science and Society Research at the Pugh Research center and reports on the public trust in science. Views from energy and climate nd vaccines and we have ucla a sociologyist Whose Research how the life works. Why people care about what they care about and how moral concerns relates to science and religion. Im going to jump right in. We are gathered this week during the anniversary of humankinds scientific achievements, you cant escape, the apollo moon landing to discuss this issue of whether and why a
Thank you it is great to see a robust crowd and energetic crowd. I have been a fan of zow calla and it is my anniversary and i did it on Climate Change and great to be back. I would like to introduce erik conway, historian of science and technology and coauthor of a book merchants of doubt. Nd next is kerry funk from washington, d. C. , director of science and Society Research at the Pugh Research center and reports on the public trust in science. Views from energy and climate nd vaccines and we have ucla a sociologyist Whose Research how the life works. Why people care about what they care about and how moral concerns relates to science and religion. Im going to jump right in. We are gathered this week during the anniversary of humankinds scientific achievements, you cant escape, the apollo moon landing to discuss this issue of whether and why americans are turning against science. I would like to start with the panelist by asking is this new or something long been with us . Has ameri