Consider A Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving - Softcover

Harte, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 093570258X ISBN 13: 9780935702583

Publisher: University Science Books, 1988

Synopsis

This innovative compendium offers a variety of techniques for approaching contemporary environmental problems. Challenging, real-world situations and worked-out solutions provide the means both for gaining insights into the process of problem solving and for thinking quantitatively and creatively about such environmental concerns as energy and water resources, food production, indoor air pollution, acid rain, and human influences on climate.

Contents

1. Warm-Up Exercises
2.Tools of the Trade
A. Steady-State Box Models and Residence Times
B. Thermodynamics and Energy Transfer
C. Chemical Reactions and Equilibria
D. Non-Steady-State Box Models
3. A. Biogeochemistry
B. Climatology
C. Survival of Populations
Appendix: Useful Numbers
Glossary
Bibliography
Answers to Exercises; Index

About this title

About the Author

For more than two decades, John Harte has taught courses on the quantitative aspects of environmental science at University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Distinguished Class of 1935 Professorship in the Energy and Resources Group. His previous book, Consider a Spherical Cow, became a landmark text in the field. He is also the author of The Green Fuse and co-author of Patient Earth and Toxics A to Z. He has published numerous articles on ecology and biodiversity, water and other resources, climate change and its effects, acid precipitation, and environmental policy. John Harte received his B.A. from Harvard University and his PhD in physics from the University of Wisconsin. Harte is also the recipient of the 2001 Leo Szilard Lectureship Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Science Books
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 093570258X
• ISBN 13: 9780935702583
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238