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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691057753
ISBN-13
9780691057750
eBay Product ID (ePID)
602650

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Is the Temperature Rising? : the Uncertain Science of Global Warming
Subject
Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Ecology, Earth Sciences / General, Global Warming & Climate Change
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Science
Author
S. George Philander
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
97-037613
Reviews
"A book that can be easily understood by policymakers and scientists, but yet does not sacrifice any detail in background and process is most welcome. Philander may be the first author to write such a comprehensive book . . . Indeed, the author deserves immense credit for such a skillful presentation." --Geerat J. Vermeij, The Quarterly Review of Biology, "The author explains complex scientific concepts in a precise language and with delightful illustrations.... The book is a pleasure to read." ---Hans von Storch, Nature, "S. George Philander ... writes with skill and cool reserve. Is the Temperature Rising? ... is a careful, step-by-step look at confusing data and clarifying science. He is literate, quoting Shelley, Coleridge, and Eliot. And he is reasonably sure we are digging our own grave, though he says so with such understatement that it is easy to overlook the doom and gloom." ---William J. Broad, The New York Times Book Review, [The author] guides us through this learning experience with grace, wit, and clarity.... Dr. Philander has tried to help us gain ... appreciation [for how significantly human activity is changing atmospheric chemistry] ... and he succeeds., "The author explains complex scientific concepts in a precise language and with delightful illustrations.... The book is a pleasure to read."-- Hans von Storch, Nature, "The author explains complex scientific concepts in a precise language and with delightful illustrations.... The book is a pleasure to read." --Hans von Storch, Nature, "In Is the Temperature Rising? , S. George Philander examines the question historically, meteorologically, chemically and every other way. At the end of the well-written survey, you will know every detail of the subject. . ."-- New Scientist, The author explains complex scientific concepts in a precise language and with delightful illustrations.... The book is a pleasure to read. ---Hans von Storch, Nature, "[The author] guides us through this learning experience with grace, wit, and clarity.... Dr. Philander has tried to help us gain ... appreciation [for how significantly human activity is changing atmospheric chemistry] ... and he succeeds." ---Robert C. Cowen, Christian Science Monitor, "[The author] guides us through this learning experience with grace, wit, and clarity.... Dr. Philander has tried to help us gain ... appreciation [for how significantly human activity is changing atmospheric chemistry] ... and he succeeds." --Robert C. Cowen, Christian Science Monitor, "In Is the Temperature Rising? , S. George Philander examines the question historically, meteorologically, chemically and every other way. At the end of the well-written survey, you will know every detail of the subject. . ." -- New Scientist, "S. George Philander ... writes with skill and cool reserve. Is the Temperature Rising? ... is a careful, step-by-step look at confusing data and clarifying science. He is literate, quoting Shelley, Coleridge, and Eliot. And he is reasonably sure we are digging our own grave, though he says so with such understatement that it is easy to overlook the doom and gloom." --William J. Broad, The New York Times Book Review, S. George Philander ... writes with skill and cool reserve.Is the Temperature Rising'... is a careful, step-by-step look at confusing data and clarifying science. He is literate, quoting Shelley, Coleridge, and Eliot. And he is reasonably sure we are digging our own grave, though he says so with such understatement that it is easy to overlook the doom and gloom., [The author] guides us through this learning experience with grace, wit, and clarity.... Dr. Philander has tried to help us gain ... appreciation [for how significantly human activity is changing atmospheric chemistry] ... and he succeeds. ---Robert C. Cowen, Christian Science Monitor, S. George Philander ... writes with skill and cool reserve. Is the Temperature Rising? ... is a careful, step-by-step look at confusing data and clarifying science. He is literate, quoting Shelley, Coleridge, and Eliot. And he is reasonably sure we are digging our own grave, though he says so with such understatement that it is easy to overlook the doom and gloom. ---William J. Broad, The New York Times Book Review, The author explains complex scientific concepts in a precise language and with delightful illustrations.... The book is a pleasure to read., In Is the Temperature Rising? , S. George Philander examines the question historically, meteorologically, chemically and every other way. At the end of the well-written survey, you will know every detail of the subject. . ., InIs the Temperature Rising?, S. George Philander examines the question historically, meteorologically, chemically and every other way. At the end of the well-written survey, you will know every detail of the subject. . ., "A book that can be easily understood by policymakers and scientists, but yet does not sacrifice any detail in background and process is most welcome. Philander may be the first author to write such a comprehensive book . . . Indeed, the author deserves immense credit for such a skillful presentation."-- Geerat J. Vermeij, The Quarterly Review of Biology, "S. George Philander ... writes with skill and cool reserve. Is the Temperature Rising? ... is a careful, step-by-step look at confusing data and clarifying science. He is literate, quoting Shelley, Coleridge, and Eliot. And he is reasonably sure we are digging our own grave, though he says so with such understatement that it is easy to overlook the doom and gloom."-- William J. Broad, The New York Times Book Review, "A book that can be easily understood by policymakers and scientists, but yet does not sacrifice any detail in background and process is most welcome. Philander may be the first author to write such a comprehensive book . . . Indeed, the author deserves immense credit for such a skillful presentation." ---Geerat J. Vermeij, The Quarterly Review of Biology, "Philander writes in a fluid an engaging style and puts passion into his arguments for science literacy. The issues he touches on. . .will be of great interest both to those who are merely curious about nature and to those who are concerned about the policy issues." --Laurence A. Marschall, Gettysburg College, "[The author] guides us through this learning experience with grace, wit, and clarity.... Dr. Philander has tried to help us gain ... appreciation [for how significantly human activity is changing atmospheric chemistry] ... and he succeeds."-- Robert C. Cowen, Christian Science Monitor, A book that can be easily understood by policymakers and scientists, but yet does not sacrifice any detail in background and process is most welcome. Philander may be the first author to write such a comprehensive book . . . Indeed, the author deserves immense credit for such a skillful presentation. ---Geerat J. Vermeij, The Quarterly Review of Biology, A book that can be easily understood by policymakers and scientists, but yet does not sacrifice any detail in background and process is most welcome. Philander may be the first author to write such a comprehensive book . . . Indeed, the author deserves immense credit for such a skillful presentation.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
551.5/2
Table Of Content
Preface 1 Between the Idea and the Reality 3 2 Is Our Planet Fragile or Robust? 11 3 Light and Air 31 4 Why the Peak of a Mountain Is Cold 55 5 Capricious Clouds 76 6 The Climate Tapestry 89 7 Weather, the Music of Our Sphere 106 8 The Ocean in Motion 125 9 El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation 143 10 The Paradox of the Faint Sun but Warm Earth 161 11 Why Summer Is Warmer than Winter: The Cycles of Seasons and of Ice Ages 170 12 The Ozone Hole, a Cautionary Tale 183 13 Global Warming, Risky Business 191 App. A1.1 Exponential Growth and Decay 209 App. A1.2 Establishing a Chronology 210 App. A2.1 Gaia 214 App. A2.2 Chaos 215 App. A3.1 Earthshine 217 App. A3.2 The Scattering of Light 217 App. A3.3 Blackbody Radiation 218 App. A3.4 Effective Temperatures of the Planets 219 App. A3.5 The Greenhouse Effect 221 App. A4.1 The Scale Height of the Atmosphere 226 App. A4.2 The Adiabatic Lapse Rate 228 App. A5.1 Measuring Moisture in the Atmosphere 231 App. A5.2 Earth's Energy Budget 232 App. A5.3 How Many of Your Molecules Have Been to the Moon? 233 App. A6.1 Conservation of Angular Momentum 234 App. A6.2 The Coriolis Force 235 App. A6.3 Shape of Earth 237 App. A6.4 Gradient Winds 237 App. A7.1 Predicting the Weather 240 App. A8.1 The Seasonal Thermocline 242 App. A8.2 The Perpetual Salt Fountain 242 App. 9 El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation 244 App. A10.1 Weathering 246 App. A10.2 Properties of the Planets 247 App. 11 Earth's Sensitivity to Perturbations 248 App. 12 The Ozone Layer 249 App. 13 Global Warming 250 Glossary 251 References 257 Index 259
Synopsis
Most of us have heard the dire predictions about global warming. Some experts insist that warming has already started, and they warn of such impending disasters as the sea level rising to flood coastal cities. Others, however, have issued loud counterclaims, assuring us that global warming is a myth based on misleading data. How can we tell who is right, and how we should respond? And why is there no scientific consensus on a matter of such vital importance? George Philander addresses these questions in this book, as he guides the nonscientific reader through new ideas about the remarkable and intricate factors that determine the world's climate. In simple, nontechnical language, Philander describes how the interplay between familiar yet endlessly fascinating phenomena--winds and clouds, light and air, land and sea--maintains climates that permit a glorious diversity of fauna and flora to flourish on Earth. That interplay also creates such potent weather disrupters as El Niño and La Niña, translates modest fluctuations in sunlight into global climate changes as dramatic as the Ice Age, and determines the Earth's response to the gases we are discharging into the atmosphere, such as those that led to the ozone hole over Antarctica and those that are likely to cause global warming. In his discussion of these matters, Philander emphasizes that our planet is so complex that the scientific results will always have uncertainties. To continue to defer action on environmental problems, on the grounds that more accurate scientific results will soon be available, could lead to a crisis. To make wise decisions, it will help if the public is familiar with the geosciences, which explore the processes that make ours a habitable planet. The book is an excellent introduction to the basics of the Earth's climate and weather, and will be an important contribution to the debate about climate change and the relationship between scientific knowledge and public affairs., Most of us have heard the dire predictions about global warming. Some experts insist that warming has already started, and they warn of such impending disasters as the sea level rising to flood coastal cities. Others, however, have issued loud counterclaims, assuring us that global warming is a myth based on misleading data. How can we tell who is right, and how we should respond? And why is there no scientific consensus on a matter of such vital importance? George Philander addresses these questions in this book, as he guides the nonscientific reader through new ideas about the remarkable and intricate factors that determine the world's climate. In simple, nontechnical language, Philander describes how the interplay between familiar yet endlessly fascinating phenomena--winds and clouds, light and air, land and sea--maintains climates that permit a glorious diversity of fauna and flora to flourish on Earth. That interplay also creates such potent weather disrupters as El Ni o and La Ni a, translates modest fluctuations in sunlight into global climate changes as dramatic as the Ice Age, and determines the Earth's response to the gases we are discharging into the atmosphere, such as those that led to the ozone hole over Antarctica and those that are likely to cause global warming. In his discussion of these matters, Philander emphasizes that our planet is so complex that the scientific results will always have uncertainties. To continue to defer action on environmental problems, on the grounds that more accurate scientific results will soon be available, could lead to a crisis. To make wise decisions, it will help if the public is familiar with the geosciences, which explore the processes that make ours a habitable planet. The book is an excellent introduction to the basics of the Earth's climate and weather, and will be an important contribution to the debate about climate change and the relationship between scientific knowledge and public affairs.
LC Classification Number
QC981.8.G56P48 1998

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