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16 produkter
First Woman
Joanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere
E-bok, 2020
404 kr
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Clouds are the spark plugs in the heat engine of the tropical atmosphere, and heat from the tropics drives the planet''s general circulation. Atmospheric scientists didn''t know this in the 1950s, but Joanne Simpson, the first American woman to earn a Ph.D. in meteorology, did. Most histories of …
First Woman
Joanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere
E-bok, 2020
404 kr
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Clouds are the spark plugs in the heat engine of the tropical atmosphere, and heat from the tropics drives the planet''s general circulation. Atmospheric scientists didn''t know this in the 1950s, but Joanne Simpson, the first American woman to earn a Ph.D. in meteorology, did. Most histories of …
Historical Perspectives on Climate Change
Häftad, 2005
585 kr
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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 …
Historical Perspectives on Climate Change
E-bok, 1998
391 kr
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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 …
First Woman
Joanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere
Inbunden, 2020
491 kr
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Clouds are the spark plugs in the heat engine of the tropical atmosphere, and heat from the tropics drives the planet's general circulation. Atmospheric scientists didn't know this in the 1950s, but Joanne Simpson, the first American woman to earn a Ph.D. in meteorology, did. Most histories of …
Historical Perspectives on Climate Change
E-bok, 2005
391 kr
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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 …
Fixing the Sky
The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control
Inbunden, 2010
1204 kr
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As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Forget cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, some scientists argue. Instead, bounce sunlight back into space by pumping reflective nanoparticles into the atmosphere. Launch mirrors into orbit around the Earth. Make clouds thicker …
Fixing the Sky
The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control
Häftad, 2012
306 kr
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As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Forget cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, some scientists argue. Instead, bounce sunlight back into space by pumping reflective nanoparticles into the atmosphere. Launch mirrors into orbit around the Earth. Make clouds thicker …
Fixing the Sky
The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control
E-bok, 2010
464 kr
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As the alarm over global warming spreads, radical ideas are taking hold: if cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are insufficient, let's use reflective nanoparticles to bounce sunlight directly into space or launch mirrors into orbit around the earth. We could make clouds thicker and brighter or …
Inventing Atmospheric Science
E-bok, 2016
369 kr
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How scientists used transformative new technologies to understand the complexities of weather and the atmosphere, told through the intertwined careers of three key figures. “The goal of meteorology is to portray everything atmospheric, everywhere, always,” declared John Bellamy and Harry Wexler in …
Inventing Atmospheric Science: Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the Foundations of Modern Meteorology
Häftad, 2016
450 kr
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Meteorology in America, 1800-1870
Häftad, 2000
479 kr
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Between 1800 and 1870 meteorology emerged as both a legitimate science and a government service in America. Challenging the widely held assumption that meteorologists were mere "data-gatherers" and that U.S. scientists were inferior to their European counterparts, James Rodger Fleming shows how the …
Toxic Airs
Body, Place, Planet in Historical Perspective
Av James Rodger Fleming, Ann Johnson
Häftad, 2014
742 kr
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Toxic Airs brings together historians of medicine, environmental historians, historians of science and technology, and interdisciplinary scholars to address atmospheric issues on a spectrum of scales from body to place to planet. The chapters analyze airborne and atmospheric threats posed to …
Meteorology in America, 1800-1870
Inbunden, 1990
522 kr
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Between 1800 and 1870 meteorology emerged as both a legitimate science and a government service in America. Challenging the widely held assumption that meteorologists were mere "data-gatherers" and that U.S. scientists were inferior to their European counterparts, James Rodger Fleming shows how the …
Weathering the Storm – Sverre Petterssen, the D–Day Forecast, and the Rise of Modern Meteorology
Inbunden, 2001
644 kr
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Callendar Effect – The Life and Work of Guy Stewart Callendar (1898–1964) Who Established the Carbon Dioxide Theory of
Inbunden, 2009
324 kr
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This is the untold story of the remarkable scientist who established the carbon dioxide theory of climate change. Guy Stewart Callendar discovered that global warming could be brought about by increases in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide due to human activities, primarily through …
