Ice Ages and Interglacials: Measurements, Interpretation and Models de Donald Rapp

Ice Ages and Interglacials: Measurements, Interpretation and Models: Springer Praxis Books

Autor Donald Rapp

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 noi 2010

This book provides a detailed review of terminations of ice ages, including a very attractive theory based on dust deposits on ice sheets. While other books on ice ages are mostly short, popular, and non-technical, the only book that attempts to deal with the broad issues of what we know about past ice ages and why they occur is the book by Muller and MacDonald (M&M), published by Praxis. However, despite its many good features, this book suffers from an inordinate emphasis on spectral analysis, a lack of coverage of new data, and a very confusing sequence of chapters. As a result, the data and theory are so intimately entwined that it is difficult to separate one from the other. This volume provides an independent and comprehensive summary of the latest data, theories and analysis. This third edition of what has become the premier reference and sourcebook on ice ages addresses recent topics, and includes new references, new data, and a totally new, greatly expanded treatment of terminations of ice ages.

Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

	Preț	Express
Paperback (2)	1056^.38 lei 39-44 zile
Springer – 8 aug 2014	1056^.38 lei 39-44 zile
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg – 22 noi 2010	1061^.15 lei 6-8 săpt.
Hardback (2)	750^.48 lei 39-44 zile
Springer International Publishing – 29 apr 2019	750^.48 lei 39-44 zile
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg – 4 iul 2012	931^.03 lei 6-8 săpt.

Din seria Springer Praxis Books

Preț: 1061^.15 lei

Preț vechi: 1294^.08 lei
-18%

Puncte Express: 1592

:
187^.83€ • 219^.13$ • 162^.64£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 26 februarie-12 martie

Adaugă în coș

Wish list
Gift list
Am citit!

Adaugă în listă

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783642100512
ISBN-10: 3642100511
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: XXII, 263 p.
Dimensiuni: 170 x 242 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Editura: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Colecția Springer
Seriile Springer Praxis Books, Environmental Sciences

Locul publicării:Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany

Public țintă

Research

Cuprins

Life and climate in an ice age.- Variability of the Earth’s climate.- Ice core methodology.- Ice core data.- Ocean sediment data.- Other data sources.- Summary of climate variations.- Overview of the various models for ice ages in the recent past.- Variability of the Earth’s orbit: Astronomical theory.- Comparison of astronomical theory with data.- Future prospects.

Recenzii

From the reviews:“In an extensive, detailed review of research, Rapp evaluates theories, models, data and their sources, methodologies, and assumptions relative to the prevailing astronomical theory. … His concerns … remind readers that the scientific method and neutral, objective analyses must not be abandoned in the search for understanding how the Earth’s climate is changing. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections.” (L. S. Zipp, Choice, Vol. 47 (4), December, 2009)

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Ice ages represent perhaps the most dramatic example of extreme climate change on the Earth. Understanding how and why ice ages occur is of great importance in our wider understanding of the global climate system and how it might change. If one examines Greenland ice data for the past 100,000 years, it becomes very clear that the relatively warm period of the past 11,000 years stand out in striking contrast to the 90,000 years of extreme cold that preceded it. We now refer to the unusually warm period that we are in at the present time as an interglacial; the long preceding period of cold is a glacial or ice age. During the last ice age, humans developed elaborate tools and homo sapiens migrated from Africa to Europe, but it wasn’t until that ice age ended 11,000 years ago that agriculture began and with it the foundation of modern civilization. It is therefore not surprising that there is enormous interest in trying to work out the mechanisms which trigger ice ages to begin, and what causes them to end. Of particular interest is the fact that ice ages appear to begin and end very abruptly on the geological timescale.
Previous and existing books on ice ages are mostly short, popular and non-technical. This book will provide an independent and complete summary of the latest data, independent of theory or analysis, before exploring theories and making comparisons with that data. Professor Donald Rapp has had a long and varied scientific and engineering career, with 48 years of experience in different fields. He has published many scientific papers and five books, including Assessing Climate Change, published by Springer-Praxis in December 2007.

Caracteristici

Provides an independent and complete summary of the latest data on ice ages Explores theories and makes comparisons with the all the available data Acts as a primary textbook on ice ages and a secondary text on climate change Uniquely reviews all information known about ice ages in a scientific format The premier reference and sourcebook on ice ages Unmatched by any other book in the extent and depth of its coverage

Notă biografică

Donald Rapp has had a long and varied science and engineering career with 48 years of experience after receiving his Ph. D. from the University of California in January, 1960. He was a professor for 14 years, and achieved the rank of full professor at age 40. Over the years, he has developed a unique talent to move into a field, research it thoroughly, and write an incisive, perceptive summary of the field. His capabilities are widely sought for writing summary technical reports and technical proposals.
He has published many scientific papers and five text books: Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Solar Energy, Human Missions to Mars, and Assessing Climate Change. The Mars and Climate books were published by Praxis Publishing, so Praxis/Springer is familiar with my abilities.
His five books are summarized at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~drdrapp/

Descriere

Descriere de la o altă ediție sau format:
In a fully updated second edition, this book offers both history and analysis of extreme climate change on Earth. The book provides an complete and independent summary of the latest data on ice ages and interglacial periods, independent of theory or analysis.