Beyond Smoke and Mirrors Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century

Name: Beyond Smoke and Mirrors Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century
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ISBN: 9781107673724

ISBN-10: 1107673720

ISBN-13: 9781107673724

Edition: 2nd 2014

Authors: Burton Richter

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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 of greenhouse…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/6/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 379
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.46" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English

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.