Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving - Hardcover

John Harte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865760934 ISBN 13: 9780865760936

Publisher: W Kaufmann, US, 1985

Synopsis

This innovative compendium offers a variety of techniques for approaching contemporary environmental problems. Challenging, real-world situations and worked-out solutions provide the means both for gaining insights into the process of problem solving and for thinking quantitatively and creatively about such environmental concerns as energy and water resources, food production, indoor air pollution, acid rain, and human influences on climate.

About this title

About the Author

For more than two decades, John Harte has taught courses on the quantitative aspects of environmental science at University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Distinguished Class of 1935 Professorship in the Energy and Resources Group. His previous book, Consider a Spherical Cow, became a landmark text in the field. He is also the author of The Green Fuse and co-author of Patient Earth and Toxics A to Z. He has published numerous articles on ecology and biodiversity, water and other resources, climate change and its effects, acid precipitation, and environmental policy. John Harte received his B.A. from Harvard University and his PhD in physics from the University of Wisconsin.

Review

"an excellent guide.This book illustrates step-by-step how to solve dozens of problems." -- Journal of Chemical Information & Computational Science

Edition details

• Publisher: W Kaufmann, US
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865760934
• ISBN 13: 9780865760936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 290