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The rise of climate science : a memoir /

"In a career spanning four decades, Gerald R. North contributed groundbreaking research that continues to shape the modern field of climate science. However, the route he has taken was full of surprising twists and turns that included hate mail, eavesdropping by the KGB, and sometimes acrimonio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: North, Gerald R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2020]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Kathie and Ed Cox Jr. books on conservation leadership.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Appalachian origins
  • University and Oak Ridge days
  • The love of physics and more
  • Woods Hole and paleoclimatology
  • Tashkent and glaciers
  • Leningrad summer, 1977
  • Camelot: NASA/Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres
  • Adventures of a government scientist
  • Traveling salesman for Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
  • Return to academe: last stop
  • Texas A & M University and academics
  • Geezer gigs
  • The future climate
  • Summing up
  • Epilogue.