Scott L. Montgomery is a university lecturer with the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and an author. His research and publications include areas in both the humanities and sciences, in particular history of science, intellectual history, language studies, and energy resources, technology, and security. He is the author, most recently, of The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Built the Modern World (2015, with Daniel Chirot), A History of Science in World Cultures (2015, with Alok Kumar), Does Science Need a Global Language? (2013) and The Powers That Be: Global Energy for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond (2010). Forthcoming are: Grandeur in this View: The Impact of Charles Darwin on the Modern World, and Seeing the Light: Making the Case for Nuclear Power in the 21st Century. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/scott-l-montgomery/rss en Energy & Natural Resources Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:06:14 +0000 Scott L. Montgomery https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/04/24/fracking-comes-to-the-arctic-in-a-new-alaska-oil-boom https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/04/24/fracking-comes-to-the-arctic-in-a-new-alaska-oil-boom THE CONVERSATION: Notwithstanding the U.S. ban on offshore Arctic drilling, recent oil discoveries along Alaska’s North Slope will spur development for decades, says Scott L. Montgomery of the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. Fri, 22 Apr 2016 23:59:03 +0000 Scott L. Montgomery https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/04/22/russia-is-a-global-energy-powerhouse https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/04/22/russia-is-a-global-energy-powerhouse Russia’s multi-pronged energy strategy – from oil and gas to nuclear energy – “has geopolitical and economic implications that stretch from its neighbors in Europe to developing countries around the world,” writes Scott Montgomery.