Historical Perspectives on Climate Change - Couverture souple

Fleming, James Rodger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195189736 ISBN 13 : 9780195189735

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of the historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry, from the Enlightenment to the late twentieth century. Based on primary and archival sources, the book is filled with interesting perspectives on what people have understood, experienced, and feared about the climate and its changes in the past. Chapters explore climate and culture in Enlightenment thought; climate debates in early America; the development of international networks of observation; the scientific transformation of climate discourse; and early contributions to understanding terrestrial temperature changes, infrared radiation, and the carbon dioxide theory of climate. But perhaps most important, this book shows what a study of the past has to offer the interdisciplinary investigation of current environmental problems.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Rodger Fleming is Professor in the Science, Thechnology, and Society Program at Colby College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195189736
• ISBN 13: 9780195189735
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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