Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving

Harte, John

ISBN 10: 093570258X / ISBN 13: 9780935702583

Published by William Kaufmann, Inc, Los Altos, 1985

About this Item

First Printing (full # line) in illustrated yellow wraps, almost like new, no text markings, no spine/cover creases, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, only very slight shelf/edge wear & fade to spine, from collection of UCLA mathematician Nathaniel Grossman with his neat name to endpaper, else as new; 8vo; (xvi) 283pp indexed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving
• Publisher: William Kaufmann, Inc, Los Altos
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 093570258X
• ISBN 13: 9780935702583
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science & Technology / Mathematics

About this title

Synopsis

This book offers a variety of exciting techniques for approaching contemporary environmental problems, such as 'What was the pH of rainfall before the Industrial Revolution?'
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 the Author

John Harte is a Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley. He did his undergraduate studies at Harvard and his PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Wisconsin. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Pew Scholars award, the Leo Szilard prize from the American Physical Society, and a George Polk award in investigative journalism. He is an elected Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, the Ecological society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also served on six National Academy of Sciences Committees and has authored over 250 scientific journal publications and eight books. John’s research focuses on ecology, climate, complexity science, and environmental policy.