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9780674011571

The Discovery of Global Warming

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  • ISBN13:

    9780674011571

  • ISBN10:

    0674011570

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-08-01
  • Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
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Summary

"In The Discovery of Global Warming Spencer R. Weart lucidly explains the emerging science, introduces us to the major players, and shows us how the Earth's irreducibly complicated climate system was mirrored by the global scientific community that studied it."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Spencer R. Weart is Director of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
How Could Climate Change?
1(19)
Discovering a Possibility
20(19)
A Delicate System
39(27)
A Visible Threat
66(24)
Public Warnings
90(28)
The Erratic Beast
118(24)
Breaking into Politics
142(18)
The Discovery Confirmed
160(49)
Reflections
193(9)
Milestones
202(7)
Notes 209(10)
Further Reading 219(4)
Index 223

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