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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 551.6 EAN: 9781840468151 ISBN: 1840468157 Label: Totem Books Manufacturer: Totem Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: March 25, 2007 Publisher: Totem Books Studio: Totem Books Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The authors explain their theory that sub-atomic particles from exploded stars have more effect on the climate than manmade CO2. Their conclusion stems from Svensmark's research which has shown the previously unsuspected role that cosmic rays play in creating clouds. During the last 100 years cosmic rays became scarcer because unusually vigorous action by the Sun batted away many of them. Fewer cosmic rays meant fewer clouds--and a warmer world. The theory, simply put here but explained in fascinating detail, emerges at a time of intense public and political concern about climate change. Motivated only by their concern that science must be trustworthy, Svensmark and Calder invite their readers to put aside their preconceptions about manmade global warming and look afresh at the role of Nature in this hottest of world issues. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Global warming researchWho would have thought it. Exploding stars create gamma rays that bombard us constantly and the rate that they come in coorelates to global warming (and cooling). Wow. I have been researching global warming from numerous angles including all the highly politicized claims. Fear drives most of what you hear so finding other reasons for the behavior of our environment is a fair endeavor. It balances fear with science. This book is well researched - non emotional - and comes to grounded ... Read More Rating: - Good synopsis of an alternate theoryThis book presents the theory that cosmic rays can cause the production of low clouds which can, in turn, affect climate. Good evidence is presented in support of the ideas, both in the form of experiments run by the co-author of the book, and summaries of data collected by other scientists. The author of the book also does a good job of anticipating questions that might crop up. Along the way, there are some interesting explanations of things like orbital tracks of the solar system through the galaxy, ... Read More Rating:  - Parsimony, Elegance & Empircism: This Book is CompellingThe work, The Chilling Stars: the New Theory of Climate Change, by Henrik Svensmark is a remarkable book that offers a compelling theory and explanation of climate change-- backed by a tremendous array of empirical findings that both explain recent climate changes, as well as climate events in Earth's distant past. Svensmark's theory is elegant and parsimonious--that is, it is a simple idea that explains a lot of natural phenomenon. It is also consistent with current experimental evidence, and will likely ... Read More Rating: - Disciples of Al Gore Will Ban This BookThe Chilling Stars will embarrass the committee that awarded Al Gore the Nobel Prize. Here is hard science, not pseudoscience. If this were four centuries ago Al Gore would declare a "consensus" that the Earth is the center of the universe. Henrik Svensmark would play the part of Galileo. Challenging the majority is often met with censure and ridicule but that is how science advances. Fortunately, the Pope isn't Urban VIII, threatening to burn Svensmark at the stake for heresy. Rating: - A major accomplishment for Climate ScienceI read this book and it was like a breath of fresh air. I became interested on Global Warming prior to Kyoto. I have a science education and spent my working career solving technical problems, but I had no exposure, or knowledge of Climate science before Kyoto made me become interested. I looked for reliable scientific information about Global Warming. It was surprisingly difficult to find. Virtually all publications had a clear agenda, for, or against. Nobody appeared to try to present an objective picture. ... Read More 
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