Introduction to Modern Climate Change
出版时间:
2011-10
版次:
1
ISBN:
9780521173155
定价:
646.00
装帧:
平装
开本:
其他
纸张:
其他
页数:
252页
正文语种:
英语
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Thistextbookistightlyfocusedontheproblemofanthropogenicclimatechange.Itisuniqueamongtextbooksonclimatechangeinthatitcombinesanintroductionofthesciencewithanintroductiontothenon-scienceissuessuchastheeconomicandpolicyoptions.Unlikemorepurelydescriptivetextbooks,itcontainsthequantitativedepththatisnecessaryforanadequateunderstandingofthescienceofclimatechange.Thegoalofthebookisforastudenttoleavetheclassreadytoengageinthepublicpolicydebateonthisissue.Thisisaninvaluabletextbookforanyintroductorysurveycourseonthescienceandpolicyofclimatechange,forbothnon-sciencemajorsandintroductorysciencestudents. AndrewDesslerisaclimatescientistwhostudiesboththescienceandpoliticsofclimatechange.Hisscientificresearchrevolvesaroundclimatefeedbacks,inparticularhowwatervaporandcloudsacttoamplifywarmingfromthecarbondioxidethathumansemit.DuringthelastyearoftheClintonAdministration,heservedasaSeniorPolicyAnalystintheWhiteHouseOfficeofScienceandTechnologyPolicy.Basedonthatexperience,heco-authoredabook,TheScienceandPoliticsofGlobalClimateChange:AGuidetotheDebate(CambridgeUniversityPress,2006,2010).Healsoauthoredthegraduatetextbook,TheChemistryandPhysicsofStratosphericOzone(AcademicPress,2000).HeispresentlyaProfessorofAtmosphericSciencesatTexasA&MUniversity.HiseducationalbackgroundincludesaBAinphysicsfromRiceUniversityandaPh.D.inchemistryfromHarvardUniversity.HealsoundertookpostdoctoralworkatNASA'sGoddardSpaceFlightCenterandspentnineyearsontheresearchfacultyoftheUniversityofMaryland.Inapreviouslife,heworkedintheenergygroupatTheFirstBostonCorporationdoingmergersandacquisitionsanalysis.
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内容简介:
Thistextbookistightlyfocusedontheproblemofanthropogenicclimatechange.Itisuniqueamongtextbooksonclimatechangeinthatitcombinesanintroductionofthesciencewithanintroductiontothenon-scienceissuessuchastheeconomicandpolicyoptions.Unlikemorepurelydescriptivetextbooks,itcontainsthequantitativedepththatisnecessaryforanadequateunderstandingofthescienceofclimatechange.Thegoalofthebookisforastudenttoleavetheclassreadytoengageinthepublicpolicydebateonthisissue.Thisisaninvaluabletextbookforanyintroductorysurveycourseonthescienceandpolicyofclimatechange,forbothnon-sciencemajorsandintroductorysciencestudents.
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作者简介:
AndrewDesslerisaclimatescientistwhostudiesboththescienceandpoliticsofclimatechange.Hisscientificresearchrevolvesaroundclimatefeedbacks,inparticularhowwatervaporandcloudsacttoamplifywarmingfromthecarbondioxidethathumansemit.DuringthelastyearoftheClintonAdministration,heservedasaSeniorPolicyAnalystintheWhiteHouseOfficeofScienceandTechnologyPolicy.Basedonthatexperience,heco-authoredabook,TheScienceandPoliticsofGlobalClimateChange:AGuidetotheDebate(CambridgeUniversityPress,2006,2010).Healsoauthoredthegraduatetextbook,TheChemistryandPhysicsofStratosphericOzone(AcademicPress,2000).HeispresentlyaProfessorofAtmosphericSciencesatTexasA&MUniversity.HiseducationalbackgroundincludesaBAinphysicsfromRiceUniversityandaPh.D.inchemistryfromHarvardUniversity.HealsoundertookpostdoctoralworkatNASA'sGoddardSpaceFlightCenterandspentnineyearsontheresearchfacultyoftheUniversityofMaryland.Inapreviouslife,heworkedintheenergygroupatTheFirstBostonCorporationdoingmergersandacquisitionsanalysis.
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