| The Discovery of Global Warming: Revised and Expanded Edition Revised, Expand Edition Contributor(s): Weart, Spencer R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 067403189X ISBN-13: 9780674031890 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $25.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Dewey: 551.6 |
| LCCN: 2008013675 |
| Series: New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5" W x 7.78" (0.49 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The award-winning book is now revised and expanded. In 2001 an international panel of distinguished climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last ten millennia, and that warming was caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases from human activity. The story of how scientists reached that conclusion--by way of unexpected twists and turns--was the story Spencer Weart told in The Discovery of Global Warming. Now he brings his award-winning account up to date, revised throughout to reflect the latest science and with a new conclusion that shows how the scientific consensus caught fire among the general world public, and how a new understanding of the human meaning of climate change spurred individuals and governments to action. |
Contributor Bio(s): Weart, Spencer R.: - Spencer R. Weart is Director Emeritus of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics. |
