Cartoon Guide to the Environment

图书标准信息

• 作者 Larry、Alice Outwater 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 1996-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780062732743
• 定价 177.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

DoyouthinkthattheOzoneHoleisagrungerockclub?OrthattheFoodWebisanonlinerestaurantguide?OrthattheGreenRevolutionhappenedinGreenland?Thenyouneed"TheCartoonGuidetotheEnvironment"toputyouontheroadtoenvironmentalliteracy."TheCartoonGuidetotheEnvironment"coversthemaintopicsofenvironmentalscience:chemicalcycles,lifecommunities,foodwebs,agriculture,humanpopulationgrowth,sourcesofenergyandrawmaterials,wastedisposalandrecycling,cities,pollution,deforestation,ozonedepletion,andglobalwarming--andputstheminthecontextofecology,withdiscussionsofpopulationdynamics,thermodynamics,andthebehaviorofcomplexsystems.

【作者简介】

LarryGonickhasbeencreatingcomicsthatexplainhistory,science,andotherbigsubjectsformorethanfortyyears.Hewrotehisfirstguide,BloodfromaStone:ACartoonGuidetoTaxReform,in1977.HehasbeenacalculusinstructoratHarvard(whereheearnedhisBAandMAinmathematics)andaKnightScienceJournalismFellowatMIT,andheisstaffcartoonistforMusemagazine.