A Changing Climate for Science

• Main Author: Lewis, Sophie C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Climate change.; Environmental policy.; Environmental sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319542652
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54265-2
• Physical Description: XIII, 157 p. 5 illus. in color. online resource.

This book offers a critical exploration of first-hand experiences of practicing climate scientists. It tackles the pivotal question of what, precisely, constitutes contemporary scientific practice. The author offers an insider's account of the experience of undertaking scientific training and o...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The want of any name
• Chapter 2. Neither necessary nor sufficient
• Chapter 3. The pseudo in our science
• Chapter 4. A tribe of scientists
• Chapter 5. The nature peepers
• Chapter 6. Into the hinterland
• Chapter 7. Blue skies and other shades
• Chapter 8. An invitation to the challenge.