This textbook teaches how to make--and derive useful insight from--relatively simple models of many seemingly complex environmental problems facing our world today.
This textbook teaches how to make--and derive useful insight from--relatively simple models of many seemingly complex environmental problems facing our world today.
John Harte is a Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley. He did his undergraduate studies at Harvard and his PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Wisconsin. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Pew Scholars award, the Leo Szilard prize from the American Physical Society, and a George Polk award in investigative journalism. He is an elected Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, the Ecological society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also served on six National Academy of Sciences Committees and has authored over 250 scientific journal publications and eight books. John's research focuses on ecology, climate, complexity science, and environmental policy.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgments Chapter I. Warm-Up Exercises Chapter II. Learning the Tools of the Trade Probability Steady State Box Models and Residence Times Thermodynmics and Energy Transfer Chemical Reactions and Equilibria Non-Steady State Box Models Chapter III. Applying Basic Tools to Complex Problems Biogeochemistry ClimateSurvival of Populations Toxic Substances Radiation and Radioactivity 101 Homework Exercises Appendix: Useful Numbers Glossary Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgments Chapter I. Warm-Up Exercises Chapter II. Learning the Tools of the Trade Probability Steady State Box Models and Residence Times Thermodynmics and Energy Transfer Chemical Reactions and Equilibria Non-Steady State Box Models Chapter III. Applying Basic Tools to Complex Problems Biogeochemistry ClimateSurvival of Populations Toxic Substances Radiation and Radioactivity 101 Homework Exercises Appendix: Useful Numbers Glossary Bibliography Index
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