Overview
- Completely updated edition provide even more independent and comprehensive data on ice ages
- Further explores exisiting theories and comparisons with all available data
- Unmatched by any other book in the field in its extent and depth of coverage
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Environmental Sciences (ENVIRONSCI)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Reviews
From the reviews of the second edition:
“A complete summary of the most up-to-date information and theories of the history and causes of Quaternary climate change. … In the hands of an experienced researcher, this book offers some excellent and insightful critique of established concepts, theories and methodologies, and explores the issue of correlation versus causation in a number of key areas of palaeoclimatology … . offers a very different perspective and insight into topics that many Quaternary scientists perhaps wrongly assume are no longer controversial.” (Simon Carr, The Holocene, Vol. 24 (7), 2014)
“Scientist/engineer Rapp … has thoroughly revised the first edition of this book … . The volume consists of 11 chapters, 24 pages of references, and a 6-page index. It is profusely illustrated with a combination of color and black-and-white maps and graphs in addition to 11 data tables. … the book contains a wealth of data. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and graduate students.” (J. T. Andrews, Choice, Vol. 50 (7), March, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Donald Rapp has had a long and varied science and engineering career with 48 years of experience after receiving his Ph. D. from the University of California in January, 1960. He was a professor for 14 years, and achieved the rank of full professor at age 40. Over the years, he has developed a unique talent to move into a field, research it thoroughly, and write an incisive, perceptive summary of the field. His capabilities are widely sought for writing summary technical reports and technical proposals.
He has published many scientific papers and five text books: Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Solar Energy, Human Missions to Mars, and Assessing Climate Change. The Mars and Climate books were published by Praxis Publishing, so Praxis/Springer is familiar with my abilities.
His five books are summarized at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~drdrapp/
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ice Ages and Interglacials
Book Subtitle: Measurements, Interpretation, and Models
Authors: Donald Rapp
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30029-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30028-8Published: 04 July 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30029-5Published: 03 July 2012
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXVI, 406
Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Climatology, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Oceanography