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This book is a thorough introduction to climate science and global change. The author is a geologist who has spent much of his life investigating the climate of Earth from a time when it was warm and dinosaurs roamed the land, to today's changing climate. Bill Hay takes you on a journey to understand how the climate system works. He explores how humans are unintentionally conducting a grand uncontrolled experiment which is leading to unanticipated changes. We follow the twisting path of seemingly unrelated discoveries in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and even mathematics to learn how they led to our present knowledge of how our planet works. He explains why the weather is becoming increasingly chaotic as our planet warms at a rate far faster than at any time in its geologic past. He speculates on possible future outcomes, and suggests that nature itself may make some unexpected course corrections. Although the book is written for the layman with little knowledge of science or mathematics, it includes information from many diverse fields to provide even those actively working in the field of climatology with a broader view of this developing drama. Experimenting on a Small Planet is a must read for anyone having more than a casual interest in global warming and climate change - one of the most important and challenging issues of our time.
- Sales Rank: #1363653 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Copernicus
- Published on: 2012-12-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.21" h x 2.06" w x 6.14" l, 3.35 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 983 pages
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Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2013
“Geologist Hay (Univ. of Colorado at Boulder) provides a thorough but accessible description of the climate system and its history … . Experimenting on a Small Planet covers a lot of ground, starting with basic scientific principles before transitioning to climate science specifics. … Given the scope and presentation style, the book should interest experts looking to broaden their perspective as well as curious readers seeking reliable information on climate change. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” (J. Schoof, Choice, Vol. 51 (1), September, 2013)
“Hay presents clear explanations and examples of climate chemistry, physics and oceanography for professional scientists as well as teachers and anyone interested in the scientific underpinnings of the current paradigm shift in understanding climate change. … Each chapter is a concise explanation of a specific scientific discipline of physics, chemistry, geology, oceanography, and climatology.” (Robert W. Scott, AAPG Bulletin, December, 2013)
“The book is aimed at both the general public readership and the scientific community. … it attempts to give the reader a thorough background in the basics that are needed to understand climate science and it succeeds extremely well in that goal. … I highly recommend the book … . I would certainly not be surprised if this book became a best seller, a mainstay in many college level courses as a text book, and contributed hugely towards resolving the on-going global climate change debate.” (Bilal U. Haq, Global and Planetary Change, Vol. 101, January, 2013)
From the Back Cover
This book is an introduction to climate science and global change. It includes the scientific background in physics, chemistry and biology. The science chapters are interleaved with biographical material including personal reminiscences.
The science chapters discuss the history of development of ideas in geology, the discovery of Earth’s very different climates in the distant past, and the climate oscillations of the ice ages. Special treatment is given to past warm climates. The role of greenhouse gases in controlling Earth’s climate, along with a discussion of the associated physics. It develops the idea that humans have played a role in climate change throughout the past few millennia, rather than just since the beginning of the industrial revolution. It concludes by introducing the idea that the result of the present perturbation may be the transition to an ice-free warm world.
About the Author
Bill Hay began his academic career at University of Illinois in Urbana in 1960. From 1968 to 1974 he was Professor at both Illinois and the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. After serving as Dean of the Rosenstiel School he moved to Washington, D.C. to work on ensuring future scientific drilling in the ocean. In 1982 he moved to the University of Colorado, investigating ancient climates with colleagues at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Since 1988 he has also served as Guest and/or Professor at the Universities of Munich, Kiel and Greifswald in Germany, the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and the University of Vienna in Austria. He retired from the University of Kiel in 2002. He now lives in the Rocky Mountains, but returns to Europe frequently to teach intensive short courses.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Possibly the best book I have ever read
By TheRationalizer
I have never been interested in weather/climate/global-warming, and I must admit that I only started to read this book because a copy was given to me as a gift.
This book is incredible!
It should really be called "A history of Earth's scientific experiments" or "Loads of really interesting stuff about science" or something similar,. I'd always wanted to read a book about science which not only told you what the science reveals but also how it was discovered and how it can be checked. I thought I'd found that book when I read Bill Bryson's "A short history of nearly everything" but now this book has taken it's place, by a massive amount. It is like Bill Bryson's book but on steroids! It is fascinating to read how ideas have changed over the years and what discoveries caused those changes.
Electrons, protons, neutrons, photons, radioactive decay, fusion, fision, chemical reactions, refraction, reflection, waves, electromagnetic spectrum, laws of thermodynamics, black body radiation, chaos systems, Max Plank, Bohr, Pauli exclusion principle, planetary orbits, sun cycles, cosmic rays, and loads more too! All of this stuff is in there. It is explained so clearly, Bill is a fantastic teacher.
If (like myself) you have never been interested in global warming then don't let the main subject of this book put you off. It's like a book of everything about science, with a "PS: And we have screwed up the atmosphere" near the end.
Ignore what people are saying in their reviews about errors. There are a few errors which undoubtedly appeared during publishing, but there are few and they are *really* obvious even if unfamiliar with the subject.
This is the book I have been wishing for since I was a child. Not reading this book is an injustice!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A great scientific Reference
By Staci J
A climate bible (at least in length) written for the non-climate scientist. A reference that can be used by anyone who wants to understand each individual component of climate science and climate change. An indepth science report written in street language. I would suggest this book to any student or individual who wants a quick reference guide to climate science.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Buy it, read, and be informed
By Health Nut
So why did I read this mammoth book on climate change? About 4 years ago I had an encounter with someone who completely denied AGW, and sent me dozens of links to websites that claim to discredit climate science. Then last year two people at work casually dismissed the science of climate change. So I decided the only way to get to the bottom of this was to read.
To begin with I read most of A. Barrie Pittocks's excellent and very readable book, Climate Change, The Science, Impacts and Solutions
Pittock's book is exceedingly informative and very well written with regards to the climate we can expect under various scenarios, including its effect on weather, crops, water supply, etc, It also goes into why scientists think humans are the primary cause of warming. This included discussion about the orbital variations of the earth, and how, right now, the climate should be cooling rather than warming, what ratios of isotopes of CO2 tell us about our contribution to warming, the degree of impact caused by each type of greenhouse gas and much more. After reading Pittcock's book, I wanted to know more detail about orbital variations and the history, physics, and chemistry of the climate system, which is where Hay's book comes to the rescue, quite beautifully.
I have to say, the viewpoint of geologists fits into the understanding of climate very well, since geologists have discovered the climate of prehistoric times, and the abrupt changes in climate that have occurred multiple times, all discussed in detail in Hay's book. I hadn't ever even thought of this before I began to read Hay's book, but there you have it. Geologists have gleaned a wealth of information about prehistoric climate from ice, fossil and sediment research, and consequently have some very important things to say about the direction our current climate is headed in. So we are all fortunate for the unique point of view that Dr. Hay, and other geologists bring to bear on this subject.
But Dr. Hay brings much more in this book that just the point of view of a geologist. In this book, he covers nearly all of the important scientific discoveries that have taken place since the beginning of the Renaissance, from the development of our understanding of water waves, to understanding of electricity and the atom, and to quantum mechanics. The story of each discovery includes short biographies and interesting points about the people who made them, and how they were made. The discussion about how an estimate of the speed of light was made by astronomers during the Renaissance is especially fascinating!
The book also goes into major geological discoveries, like dating the age of the earth, and continental drift. It includes discussion of author's life work, which involved the science of using isotopic ratios in ice cores, land and ocean sediment to re-construct what the climate was like millions of years ago!! This leads into a discussion about the PETM, a time when Co2 went off the charts for reasons not clearly understood, and which lead to an extinction of ocean plankton.
I found after reading this book that I have become much more versed in the geological history, chemistry, and physics of the climate system (and in physics and chemistry in general!) than I ever could have been had I not picked it up. Science is not an easy subject, but Dr. Hay's book goes into it in such a gentle, entertaining, and thorough way that you can't help coming away with a new point of view about the process of discovery in science, and how we came to our current understanding of the physical world and the climate system.
After reading "Experimenting", I've moved on to reading the somewhat more technical series of "Princeton Primers in Climate" books. However, "Experimenting" provides such a down-to-earth description of the physical process of the carbon cycle in atmosphere, land and ocean, that I find myself using it as a reference for better understanding discussions in the "Primer" books.
Finally, Dr. Hay's very enjoyable wine recommendations and intermezzos make for some light and interesting reading. The intermezzos reveal quite a lot about the author, how he became a geologist, what his education was like, who his colleagues were and are, challenges he faced as one of the directors of the deep sea drilling project (really fascinating stuff!!), and so on. They make the book personable and enjoyable in relief to the seriousness of this subject, a nice way to balance it all out.
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