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The rise of climate science : a memoir
- Author / Creator
Details
- Creator
- Gerald R. North
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First edition
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2020]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9781623498689, 1623498686, 9781623498672, 1623498678, 9781623498672, 1623498678
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Appalachian origins -- University and Oak Ridge days -- The love of physics and more -- Woods Hole and paleoclimatology -- Tashkent and glaciers -- Leningrad summer, 1977 -- Camelot: NASA/Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres -- Adventures of a government scientist -- Traveling salesman for Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission -- Return to academe: last stop -- Texas A&M University and academics -- Geezer gigs -- The future climate -- Summing up -- Epilogue
Subjects
- North, Gerald R.
- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission -- History.
- Climatologists -- United States -- Biography.
- College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
- Climatology -- History.
- Global warming -- Research -- United States.
- Climatic changes -- Research -- International cooperation.
- Global warming -- Political aspects -- United States.
- Global warming -- Research -- Government policy -- United States.