Rather than the 25 to 30 chapters found in most environmental science textbooks, the authors have limited Principles of Environmental Science: Inquiry and Applications to 16 chapters--perfect for the one-semester, non-majors environmental science course. True to its title, the goal of this concise text is to provide an up-to-date, introductory view of essential themes in environmental science along with offering students numerous opportunities to practice scientific thinking and active learning.
There is special emphasis on modelling and integrated assessment. This book is different because it stresses the societal, cultural and historical dimensions of environmental problems.
True to its title, the goal of this concise text is to provide an up-to-date, introductory view of essential themes in environmental science along with offering students numerous opportunities to practice scientific thinking and active ...
There is special emphasis on modelling and integrated assessment. This book is different because it stresses the societal, cultural and historical dimensions of environmental problems.
This book is intended for use in a one- or two-semester course in environmental science, human ecology, or environmental studies at the college or advanced placement high school level.
This book is meant to be an introductory text on the Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Engineering.
Thoroughly revised and up-dated edition of a highly successful textbook.
Environmental technology has developed very rapidly during the last two decades. Many new methods are available today, and for most environmental problems a wide spectrum of methods (processes) is applicable.
The concept of mass balance is carried throughout the text as a tool for problem solving. The book includes more extensive coverage of chemistry, biology, and hydrology than other books in this field.
In the course of his studies of anthrax and tuberculosis, Robert Koch (1882, 1884, 1893), a German physician and bacteriologist, formulated four postulates (i.e., four criteria for judging whether a given bacterium is the cause of a ...
Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1981, it has been widely used as a textbook at university level for graduate courses in environmental management, environmental science and environmental technology (for non ...