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Global Warming

Brian C. Black, Gary J. Weisel
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      Tracing scientific ideas about the structure of Earth, Global Warming creates an intellectual portrait of the shifts in thinking that have led to the current controversy, enabling readers to make up their own minds on this important issue.Global Warming takes one of the hot-button issues of our time and surveys it in historical context, creating an intellectual portrait of the multi-century shifts in thinking that have led to gradual acceptance of the concept. The book summarizes pertinent aspects of geology, earth science, and climate science in easy-to-read terms. It then frames this background in terms of cultural and social shifts, including the Industrial Revolution, conspicuous consumption, and modern environmentalism. In addition, a study of the ebb and flow of cultural and political reception relates the issue to religious and social ideas.The information presented here will enable the reader to understand the scientific case stating that human activity has caused an unprecedented warming in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Technical and political objections to this thesis are also covered, so that readers may form their own opinions on this critical subject.Includes excerpts from writing and policy related to climate changeOffers a timeline of the development of the idea of global warming
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Brian C. Black, Gary J. Weisel EAN: 9780313345227 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-06-02 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Environmental Science, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      Climate change

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      Brian C. Black is professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State, Altoona. Gary J. Weisel is associate professor of physics and history of Science at Penn State, Altoona.
      Tracing scientific ideas about the structure of Earth, Global Warming creates an intellectual portrait of the shifts in thinking that have led to the current controversy, enabling readers to make up their own minds on this important issue.Global Warming takes one of the hot-button issues of our time and surveys it in historical context, creating an intellectual portrait of the multi-century shifts in thinking that have led to gradual acceptance of the concept. The book summarizes pertinent aspects of geology, earth science, and climate science in easy-to-read terms. It then frames this background in terms of cultural and social shifts, including the Industrial Revolution, conspicuous consumption, and modern environmentalism. In addition, a study of the ebb and flow of cultural and political reception relates the issue to religious and social ideas.The information presented here will enable the reader to understand the scientific case stating that human activity has caused an unprecedented warming in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Technical and political objections to this thesis are also covered, so that readers may form their own opinions on this critical subject.Includes excerpts from writing and policy related to climate changeOffers a timeline of the development of the idea of global warming
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Brian C. Black, Gary J. Weisel EAN: 9780313345227 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-06-02 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / Environmental Science, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Climate change

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      Brian C. Black is professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State, Altoona. Gary J. Weisel is associate professor of physics and history of Science at Penn State, Altoona.

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