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In 2001 an international panel of climate scientists declared that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last two millennia. How scientists reached that conclusion is the story Weart tells in The Discovery of Global Warming. The award-winning book is now revised and expanded to reflect the latest science.

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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 *

Table of Contents
* Preface * How 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...and Begun * Reflections * Milestones * Notes * Index

The Discovery of Global Warming

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2008
      ISBN13: 9780674031890, 978-0674031890
      ISBN10: 067403189X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 2001 an international panel of climate scientists declared that the world was warming at a rate without precedent during at least the last two millennia. How scientists reached that conclusion is the story Weart tells in The Discovery of Global Warming. The award-winning book is now revised and expanded to reflect the latest science.

      Trade Review
      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 *

      Table of Contents
      * Preface * How 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...and Begun * Reflections * Milestones * Notes * Index

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