Ian Plimer

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Ian Plimer is an Australian geologist and author of a number of popular books.

Plimer is currently Professor of Geology at University of Adelaide. He is also a prominent member of the Australian Skeptics.

Plimer is an outspoken critic of creationism and is famous for a debate with creationist Duane Gish in which he asked his opponent to hold live electrical cables to prove that electromagnetism was 'only a theory'.

He is also critical of what he sees as irrational elements within the environmental movement. He was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2004.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Telling Lies for God - Reason vs Creationism, Ian Plimer, Random House, Sydney, 1994 (ISBN 0-09-182852-X)
  • A Short History of Planet Earth, Ian Plimer, ABC Books, 2001 Paperback (ISBN 0-7333-1004-4)

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