Historical perspectives on climate change /
Introduction: Apprehending climate change. 1. Climate and culture in Enlightenment thought. 2. The great climate debate in colonial and early America. 3. Privilieged positions: The expansion of observing systems. 4. Climate discourse transformed. 5. Joseph Fourier's theory of terrestrial temper...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Apprehending Climate Change; 1 Climate and Culture in Enlightenment Thought; 2 The Great Climate Debate in Colonial and Early America; 3 Privileged Positions: The Expansion of Observing Systems; 4 Climate Discourse Transformed; 5 Joseph Fourier's Theory of Terrestrial Temperatures; 6 John Tyndall, Svante Arrhenius, and Early Research on Carbon Dioxide and Climate; 7 T.C. Chamberlin and the Geological Agency of the Atmosphere; 8 The Climatic Determinism of Ellsworth Huntington; 9 Global Warming? The Early Twentieth Century.