Michael Oppenheimer is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University. Naomi Oreskes is professor of the history of science at Harvard University. Dale Jamieson is professor of environmental studies and philosophy at New York University. Keynyn Brysse is a historian of science with a focus on the history of paleontology. Jessica O'Reilly is an assistant professor of international studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Matthew Shindell is a space history curator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Milena Wazeck is a historian of science and the author of Einstein's Opponents.
"This book is a must-read for scientists and leaders of ongoing
assessments, because it showcases the dilemma between consolidated
knowledge, communicated as consensus, and challenges of
uncertainties associated with emerging science."
--Thomas Stocker, University of Bern, Co-Chair of IPCC from 2008 to
2015
"A meticulously researched study . . . . Oppenheimer et al. have
produced what is essentially an assessment of assessments, and so
its syntheses of insights across the case-study chapters add new
knowledge even while they validate old knowledge that had formerly
been largely anecdotal for most of us. This volume is therefore
essential reading for participants of any large environmental
assessment. . . . Discerning Experts is not exactly the 'first'
comparative study of multiple assessments, but it is an important
one because of the extraordinary quality of its documentation and
analysis as well as its clever creation of critical and instructive
diversity across its three case studies. . . . Natural and physical
scientists will see how their work can be transmitted across
humanity to help inform opinion about what is going on and perhaps
what to do--on the basis of rigorous science. Perhaps, the largest
value will be found among the young scholars who do their homework
after being invited to participate in their first assessment. After
they read this volume, they will understand what to expect and why
their signing on is a valuable investment of their time."--
"Climatic Change"
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