Greenhouse: The 200-Year Story of Global Warming

Type

Book

Authors

Gale E. Christianson

ISBN 10

0802713467

ISBN 13

9780802713469

Tags

Greenhouses, Climatology, Environmental Science, Rivers, History & Philosophy, Weather, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies

Description

Greenhouse is the illuminating history behind a scientific idea that fills's today's headlines. Christianson, author of Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae, blends the research of a scholar with a novelist's storytelling skill. As the full range of its elements come into focus, global warming becomes both a memorable human drama and an integral part of our planet's history. An essential book for anyone interested in the history of science and the very nature of scientific inquiry and speculation. - from Amzon

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