LEADER 03802nam 2200685 450 001 9910814875103321 005 20230721034708.0 010 $a0-674-26829-6 010 $a0-674-41755-0 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674417557 035 $a(CKB)3710000000092378 035 $a(EBL)3301406 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001133709 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11716369 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001133709 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11158881 035 $a(PQKB)10857863 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301406 035 $a(DE-B1597)457798 035 $a(OCoLC)1049629851 035 $a(OCoLC)1054881660 035 $a(OCoLC)979967950 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674417557 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301406 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10844213 035 $a(OCoLC)872115457 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000092378 100 $a20080324d2008 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe discovery of global warming /$fSpencer R. Weart 205 $aRevised and expanded edition. 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aNew histories of science, technology, and medicine 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-03189-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHow could climate change? -- Discovering a possibility -- A delicate system -- A visible threat -- Public warnings -- The erratic beast -- Breaking into politics -- Speaking science to power -- The work completed .o.o. and begun. 330 $aIn 2001 an international panel of climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last two millennia. The story of how scientists reached that conclusion was the story Weart told in The Discovery of Global Warming. The award-winning book is now revised and expanded to reflect the latest science. The award-winning book is now revised and expanded. In 2001 an international panel of distinguished climate scientists announced that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last two millennia, and that warming was caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases from human activity. The story of how scientists reached that conclusion-by way of unexpected twists and turns-was the story Spencer Weart told in The Discovery of Global Warming. Now he brings his award-winning account up to date, revised throughout to reflect the latest science and with a new conclusion that shows how the scientific consensus caught fire among the general world public, and how a new understanding of the human meaning of climate change spurred individuals and governments to action. "Charting the evolution and confirmation of the theory [of global warming], Weart dissects the interwoven threads of research and reveals the political and societal subtexts that colored scientists' views and the public reception their work ­received." -Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times Book Review 410 0$aNew histories of science, technology, and medicine. 606 $aGlobal warming$xHistory 606 $aClimatic changes$xHistory 606 $aClimatology$xInternational cooperation 615 0$aGlobal warming$xHistory. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xHistory. 615 0$aClimatology$xInternational cooperation. 676 $a551.6 686 $aRB 10438$2rvk 700 $aWeart$b Spencer R.$f1942-$049176 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814875103321 996 $aDiscovery of global warming$942721 997 $aUNINA