Warming to Ecocide (Record no. 105296)

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International Standard Book Number 9780857299260
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Standard number or code 10.1007/978-0-85729-926-0
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Classification number TJ265
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Classification number QC319.8-338.5
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Subject category code TGMB
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Subject category code SCI065000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 621.4021
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sangster, Alan J.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Warming to Ecocide
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title A Thermodynamic Diagnosis /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Alan J. Sangster.
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Extent XVII, 338p. 34 illus., 7 illus. in color.
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Formatted contents note 1. Equilibrium Thermodynamics -- 2. Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Life -- 3. Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics -- 4. Thermodynamics and Climate -- 5. Man’s Artificial Eco-system -- 6. Eco-blind Civilisation -- 7. Dismantling the Fossil Fuel Era -- 8. Sustainable Technologies.
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Summary, etc Despite scientific evidence that business-as-usual is unsustainable, there is a huge and widespread inertia to ‘greening’ the planet. Warming to Ecocide considers climate change from a thermodynamic perspective and asks whether market-driven organisations have carried us to the point of no return through the flawed economics of endless growth. Warming to Ecocide begins by exploring the thermodynamic origins of climate change. It demonstrates that equilibrium thermodynamics can provide full explanations for the basic processes of life such as photosynthesis and metabolism, and that non-equilibrium thermodynamics is close to providing an explanation for how life started. Armed with a solid appreciation of the power of thermodynamics, the second half of Warming to Ecocide discusses whether multinational corporations have convinced the public that climate change is insignificant and thereby neutered any all attempts by governments to espouse environmentally-friendly policies. It then goes on to offer strategies whereby mankind may avoid propelling the global average temperature above the pre-industrial level by more than 2°C, which scientists view as a threshold presaging catastrophic run-away processes.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Meteorology.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Thermodynamics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Electric engineering.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatic changes.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climate Change.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Energy, general.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Energy Technology.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Meteorology/Climatology.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Thermodynamics.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9780857299253
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-926-0
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