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Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving - Softcover

Harte, John

 
9780935702583: Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving
Softcover
ISBN 10: 093570258X ISBN 13: 9780935702583
Verlag: University Science Books, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

This book offers a variety of exciting techniques for approaching contemporary environmental problems, such as 'What was the pH of rainfall before the Industrial Revolution?'
This innovative compendium offers a variety of techniques for approaching contemporary environmental problems. Challenging, real-world situations and worked-out solutions provide the means both for gaining insights into the process of problem solving and for thinking quantitatively and creatively about such environmental concerns as energy and water resources, food production, indoor air pollution, acid rain, and human influences on climate.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Harte is a Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley. He did his undergraduate studies at Harvard and his PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Wisconsin. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Pew Scholars award, the Leo Szilard prize from the American Physical Society, and a George Polk award in investigative journalism. He is an elected Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, the Ecological society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also served on six National Academy of Sciences Committees and has authored over 250 scientific journal publications and eight books. John’s research focuses on ecology, climate, complexity science, and environmental policy.

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Verlag
University Science Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1988
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
093570258X
ISBN 13 
9780935702583
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
238
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