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Ian R. Plimer is an Australian geologist. He has published over 120 academic papers and six popular books.

Plimer is currently Professor of Mining Geology at the University of Adelaide. He was previously a Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne. 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 is well known for his criticism of Greenhouse gas politics arguing that extreme environmental changes are inevitable and unavoidable. He suggests that money would be better directed to dealing with problems as they occur rather than making expensive and futile attempst to prevent climate change. He was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2004.

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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• University of Melbourne biography

• University of Adelaide biography

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