Reviews
This is a wonderful book. Between the covers of a surprisingly slim paperback, David Archer has distilled nearly everything a concerned undergraduate student could wish to know about the workings of the climate system. The book assumes nothing in the way of mathematical or scientific background knowledge and is written in a jaunty, hip tone that I believe appeals to the denizens of large undergraduate lecture halls at American universities. Given these rather daunting constraints, the author has done a magnificent job of describing much of the fundamental chemistry and physics governing the climate system.- Keith Alverson, Environmental Conservation, 32(2): 173-179, 2007
Based on an undergraduate course developed at the University of Chicago, Global Warming: Understanding of the Forecast is a tour de force of elegant explanation and didactic brilliance. Each chapter ends with a pithy list of ‘take home points’ to ensure the reader has grasped all the key facts, as well as few online ‘projects’ that help to take issues a little further and consolidate learning. I cannot recommend this book too highly; it is a well-written, evocative exposition of one of the most important issues of our time.
- Howard Falcon-Lang, Geology Today, August 2007
An excellent book for anyone serious about understanding the causes and impacts of global warming. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels.
- M. Schaab, Maine Maritime Academy, Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award for 2007