Allan Mazur's book tells the appealing history of the scientific 'discovery' of Ice Ages, and how the waning of the last Ice Age paved the way for agrarian civilization and, ultimately, our present social structures. An engrossing combination of natural science and social history: glaciology and sociology writ large.
Allan Mazur's book tells the appealing history of the scientific 'discovery' of Ice Ages, and how the waning of the last Ice Age paved the way for agrarian civilization and, ultimately, our present social structures. An engrossing combination of natural science and social history: glaciology and sociology writ large.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Allan Mazur is a professor in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He has also worked in the aerospace industry. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is interested in biosociology and conflicts over science, technology, and the environment. He is author or co-author of over 200 academic publications and ten books, including Biosociology of Dominance and Deference (2005), Global Social Problems (2007), and True Warnings and False Alarms: Evaluating Fears about the Health Risks of Technology, 1948-1971 (2010).
Inhaltsangabe
1. In the Beginning 2. 'Bursting the Limits of Time' 3. Darwin's Revolution 4. Discovering an Age of Ice 5. Why Does Climate Change? Orbits 6. Dating Ice Age Climates 7. Why Does Climate Change? Carbon Dioxide 8. Why Does Climate Change? Continental Drift and Ocean Currents 9. Ecce Homo 10. How Did Extinct Hominins Behave? 11. Life in the Paleolithic 12. Extinction of Ice Age Mammals in Near Time 13. The Agrarian Transformation 14. Rise of Civilizations References Index.
1. In the Beginning 2. 'Bursting the Limits of Time' 3. Darwin's Revolution 4. Discovering an Age of Ice 5. Why Does Climate Change? Orbits 6. Dating Ice Age Climates 7. Why Does Climate Change? Carbon Dioxide 8. Why Does Climate Change? Continental Drift and Ocean Currents 9. Ecce Homo 10. How Did Extinct Hominins Behave? 11. Life in the Paleolithic 12. Extinction of Ice Age Mammals in Near Time 13. The Agrarian Transformation 14. Rise of Civilizations References Index.
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