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Provides a concise, thorough overview of the science, technology, economics, policy, and politics of climate change in a single volume. Ideal for undergraduate/graduate courses in environmental policy and climate change. Explains interactions between science and politics that make climate change a contentious and potentially confusing topic.

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Provides a concise, thorough overview of the science, technology, economics, policy, and politics of climate change in a single volume. Ideal for undergraduate/graduate courses in environmental policy and climate change. Explains interactions between science and politics that make climate change a contentious and potentially confusing topic.
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Andrew E. Dessler is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and holder of the Reta A. Haynes Chair in Geosciences at Texas A & M University. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University in 1994 and performed postdoctoral work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1994-96). In 2000, he worked as a Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he collaborated with Edward A. Parson. Dessler's academic publications include two other books, including the award-winning textbook Introduction to Modern Climate Change (Cambridge, 2nd edition, 2015). He has also published extensively in the scientific literature on stratospheric ozone depletion and the physics of climate.