Solid state electronic devices : Ben G. Streetman. 463 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 6 ×9 in. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1972. Price, $13·95 (approx. £5·50).

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• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 212 KB
• Volume: 299
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(75)90137-4

✦ Synopsis

a condensation of the report Study of Mass Impact on Climate. These authors both worked on the SMIC report. The condensation is well done and introduces the reader to the many factors which can affect climate and the difficulties associated with trying to determine the possible effect of man's activities on climate. The final chapter, "The Carbon Dioxide Cycle: Reservoir Models to Depict the Exchange of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide with the Oceans and Land Plants", by Charles D. Keeling, is an extensive treatment of the carbon dioxide cycle. The emphasis here is different from the remainder of the book in that the discussion rather than being a review is an exhaustive treatment of the models used in the study of time variation of a single constituent. Such a treatment calls the reader's attention to the complexity of the problem of determining the impact man's activity may have on the atmosphere.

The book is recommended as an introduction to the topic for anyone seriously interested in the atmospheric pollution problem.