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Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century (Canto Classics)
Burton Richter
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Description for Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century (Canto Classics)
paperback. This book is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist's assessment of options for switching to sustainable energy provision to avert potentially disastrous consequences of climate change. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 379 pages, 38 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RNPG; THX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 536.
Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This updated, second edition assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable energy provision. Burton Richter is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who has served on many US and international review committees on climate change and energy issues. He provides a concise overview of our knowledge and uncertainties within climate change science, discusses current energy demand and supply patterns, and the energy options available to cut emissions ... Read more
Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This updated, second edition assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable energy provision. Burton Richter is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who has served on many US and international review committees on climate change and energy issues. He provides a concise overview of our knowledge and uncertainties within climate change science, discusses current energy demand and supply patterns, and the energy options available to cut emissions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Canto Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
379
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107673724
SKU
V9781107673724
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-16
About Burton Richter
Burton Richter is the Paul Pigott Professor in the Physical Sciences, Stanford University and Director Emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist for his pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle.
Reviews for Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century (Canto Classics)
Review of previous edition: '... a wonderfully balanced overview. It opens with a fine summary of the science linking carbon to climate ... provides a concise primer on the economics of long-term climate policy, and concludes with a short, sensible, and well-argued set of opinions and policy recommendations.' Physics Today