Environmental Science

"The book's content reflects the author's avowed double-edged goal of enhancing the more mathematically-inclined reader's physical insight and introducing the atmospheric scientist to advanced mathematical tools, and the author has made a major contribution to this formidable challenge. Notable features of the book include its attractive and well-researched overviews of the various topics, the often detailed and mathematically rigorous derivations of the salient equations, and its delightful and lucid prose."

"By itemizing the most important points at the end, the deliberate simplification serves for emphasis and as a useful starting point for discussion about the very gradual response by the Earth system to the rapid changes made by humans. Their abridged discussion and appraisal of planet Earth and of its resilience reveal some still unanswered questions about our environment. The book targets undergraduate students from all areas of study and anyone interested in the future of the planet."