Overview
Provides climate science background in an easy understandable way
Includes discussion of ancient past climates as possible future analogues
Each chapter is self contained, Science is told as stories
A scholarly entertainment!
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (28 chapters)
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2013
“Geologist Hay (Univ. of Colorado at Boulder) provides a thorough but accessible description of the climate system and its history … . Experimenting on a Small Planet covers a lot of ground, starting with basic scientific principles before transitioning to climate science specifics. … Given the scope and presentation style, the book should interest experts looking to broaden their perspective as well as curious readers seeking reliable information on climate change. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” (J. Schoof, Choice, Vol. 51 (1), September, 2013)
“Hay presents clear explanations and examples of climate chemistry, physics and oceanography for professional scientists as well as teachers and anyone interested in the scientific underpinnings of the current paradigm shift in understanding climate change. … Each chapter is a concise explanation of a specific scientific discipline of physics, chemistry, geology, oceanography, and climatology.” (Robert W. Scott, AAPG Bulletin, December, 2013)
“The book is aimed at both the general public readership and the scientific community. … it attempts to give the reader a thorough background in the basics that are needed to understand climate science and it succeeds extremely well in that goal. … I highly recommend the book … . I would certainly not be surprised if this book became a best seller, a mainstay in many college level courses as a text book, and contributed hugely towards resolving the on-going global climate change debate.” (Bilal U. Haq, Global and Planetary Change, Vol. 101, January, 2013)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Experimenting on a Small Planet
Book Subtitle: A Scholarly Entertainment
Authors: William W. Hay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28560-8
Publisher: Copernicus Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-28560-8Published: 13 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 963
Number of Illustrations: 403 b/w illustrations
Topics: Earth System Sciences, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Historical Geology, Geology