Experimenting on a small planet : a history of scientific discoveries, a future of climate change and global warming /: a history of scientific discoveries, a future of climate change and global warming. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William W. Hay.
• Authors: Hay, William W, 1934-
• Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Intermezzo I.A Slightly Unusual Family -- The Language Of Science -- Intermezzo II. Undergraduate study -- Applying Mathematics to Problems -- Intermezzo III. Graduate study -- Geologic Time -- Intermezzo IV. Graduate study II -- Putting Numbers On Geologic Ages -- Intermezzo V.A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland -- and Europe -- I -- Documenting Past Climate Change -- Intermezzo VI. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland -- and Europe -- II -- The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun -- The Analogies With Water Waves And Sound -- Intermezzo VII. New Horizons and the Berlin Wall -- The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun -- Figuring Out What Light Really Is -- The Academic Life -- Exploring The Electromagnetic Spectrum -- Intermezzo IX. Back and Forth through the Iron Curtain -- The Origins Of Climate Science -- The Idea Of Energy Balance -- Intermezzo X. Getting used to the East -- The Climate System -- Intermezzo XI. The most memorable summer of my life was 1968 -- What's At The Bottom Of Alice's Rabbit Hole -- Intermezzo XII. Illinois and Miami -- Energy From The Sun -- Long-Term Variations -- Intermezzo XIII The Deep Sea Drilling Project -- DSDP -- Solar Variability And Cosmic Rays -- Intermezzo XIV. A History of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and JOIDES -- Albedo -- Intermezzo XV. Internationalization of the Deep Sea Drilling Project -- Air -- Intermezzo XVI. The Cretaceous Puzzle -- HOH -- The Keystone Of Earth's Climate -- Intermezzo XVII Becoming a Dean -- The Atmosphere -- Intermezzo XVIII Fund Raising -- Oxygen And Ozone -- Products And Protectors of Life -- Intermezzo XIX Building A Building -- Water Vapor -- The Major Greenhouse Gas -- Intermezzo XX An Unexpected Detour -- Carbon Dioxide -- Intermezzo XXI Course Correction -- Other Greenhouse Gases -- Intermezzo XXII. Exciting Times -- The Coriolis Force -- Intermezzo XXIII Decision Time -- The Circulation Of Earth's Atmosphere -- Intermezzo XXIV: The Zindani Affair -- The Modern Ocean's General Circulation -- Intermezzo XXV. The Geological Congress in Moscow -- 1984 -- The Biological Interactions -- Intermezzo XXVI Eagle Plume -- Sea level -- Intermezzo XXVII Second Sabbatical -- Global Climate Change -- The (Geologically) Immediate Past -- Intermezzo XXVIII European Odyssey I -- Is There An Analog For The Future Climate?- Intermezzo XXIX European Odyssey II -- The Instrumental Temperature Record -- Intermezzo XXX European Odyssey III -- The Near Future -- Intermezzo XXXI Retirement -- The Distant Future -- Intermezzo XXXII.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 551.6; Popular works; Climatology -- Popular works; Earth sciences -- Popular works; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Climatology; Earth sciences; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; The environment; Historical geology; Life sciences; Geology; Nature -- General; Popular science; Electronic books; Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319274041; 3319274023; 9783319274027
• Related ISBNs: 331927404X; 9783319274027
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 9, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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