The Discovery of Global Warming
The Discovery of Global Warming
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In 2001 an international panel of climate scientists declared that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last two millennia. How scientists reached that conclusion is the story Weart tells in The Discovery of Global Warming. The award-winning book is now revised and expanded to reflect the latest science.
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The Discovery of Global Warming by Spencer R Weart
In 2001 an international panel of climate scientists declared that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last two millennia. How scientists reached that conclusion is the story Weart tells in The Discovery of Global Warming. The award-winning book is now revised and expanded to reflect the latest science.
Charting the evolution and confirmation of the theory [of global warming], Weart dissects the interwoven threads of research and reveals the political and societal subtexts that colored scientists’ views and the public reception their work received-- Andrew C. Revkin * New York Times Book Review *
Spencer R. Weart is Director Emeritus of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780674031890 |
| ISBN 10 | 067403189X |
| Title | The Discovery of Global Warming |
| Author | Spencer R Weart |
| Series | New Histories Of Science Technology And Medicine |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2008-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |