The Cause of an Ice Age (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Ball, Sir Robert S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440054940 ISBN 13 : 9781440054945

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A fresh look at how celestial motion shapes our climate. The Cause of an Ice Age explains how movements of the planets and the sun bear directly on Earth’s climate, offering a clear, math‑based view of why ice ages happen.

This edition guides readers through the astronomical theory with accessible explanation, showing how heat distribution, seasons, and orbital factors combine to produce long glacial and interglacial cycles. It ties together geological evidence and astronomical reasoning, clarifying a topic that has puzzled scientists for generations.

• How the Sun’s heat and the tilt of the Earth influence summer and winter for each hemisphere


• Why orbital eccentricity and obliquity matter to long‑term climate patterns


• How geologic evidence aligns with astronomical explanations for ice ages


• Key concepts and figures that illuminate the theory without unnecessary jargon

Ideal for readers of geology, astronomy, and readers curious about the forces that shape our planet’s past climates.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

We are to discuss in the following pages some of
those revolutions of which in ages past our earth has
been the scene. Perhaps it would be rather more cor-
rect to say that we are to discuss a whole series of
revolutions, each of which bears a general resemblance
to the rest. The date at which our story opens is a
very remote one judged by ordinary historical standards.
There is not even a tradition to which we might refer
which would give the slightest record of these great
events ; yet when viewed from a geological standpoint
the phenomena with which we shall have to deal assume
quite a modern character. Ages had already elapsed
since the surface of the earth had consolidated. Suc-
cessive layers of the stratified rocks, up to what we may
call the recent period, had been deposited. Numberless
races of animals and various tribes of plants had come
into being and had passed away before the times of
which we write. Indeed, the very animals and plants
which at present inhabit our globe had already occupied
it. The crust of the globe had approximated to what
we now find it, and in all probability the human epoch
had begun

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION xi; 1-THe RECORDS OF THE ICE 1; II-THE SUCCESSION OF GLACIAL AXD GENIAL PERIODS 27; III- ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF GLACIATION~ 39; IV-THE PERTURBATIONS OF THE EARTH'S ORBIT 60; V-THE ASTRONOMICAL THEORY OF THE ICE AGE · 78; VI-THE REASON WHY THIS BOOK HAS BEEN WRITTEN 112; VII-HOW THE ASTRONOMICAL THEORY IS CORROBORATED 138; VIII-CONCLUDING CHAPTER 150; APPENDlX ·; INDEX; 175; · 179

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440054940
• ISBN 13: 9781440054945
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
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