The Callendar effect
the life and times of Guy Stewart Callendar (1898-1964), the scientist who established the carbon dioxide theory of climate change
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Publication
2007 - American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
38,750 words, Guess
Page Count
155 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101878220764
- ISBN-139781878220769
- Goodreads2089252
- LibraryThing6267359
- Library of Congress Control Number2006029902
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- Open LibraryOL17898186M
Classifications
- DDC509.2
- DDCB
- LCCQ143.C255 F54 2007
Description
This is the first biography of the remarkable scientist who linked the three key elements of global warming: rising temperatures, rising levels of anthropogenic carbon dioxide, and infrared sky radiation. He did this in 1938! The Callendar Effect is the name given to Guy Stewart Callendar’s monumental discovery that climatic change could be brought about by increases in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide due to human activities, primarily through burning fossil fuels. Callendar’s life and work are reconstructed from his never-before-published original scientific correspondence, notebooks, and family letters and photographs. In addition to providing a readable and authoritative account of the early history of climate science, the book documents the influence of his family, especially his famous physicist father, and Callendar’s contributions to a number of important technical issues, including British and international steam engineering, the infrared spectra of complex molecules, the World War II fog dispersal system FIDO.
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