The rise of climate science : a memoir /

In a career spanning four decades, Gerald R. North contributed groundbreaking research that continues to shape the modern field of climate science. However, the route he has taken was full of surprising twists and turns that included hate mail, eavesdropping by the KGB and sometimes acrimonious deba...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	North, Gerald R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2020].
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Kathie and Ed Cox Jr. books on conservation leadership.
Subjects:	North, Gerald R. Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission > History. Climatologists > United States > Biography. College teachers > United States > Biography. Climatology > History. Global warming > Research > United States. Climatic changes > Research > International cooperation. Global warming > Political aspects > United States. Global warming > Research > Government policy > United States.

Table of Contents:

Appalachian origins
University and Oak Ridge days
The love of physics and more
Woods Hole and paleoclimatology
Tashkent and glaciers
Leningrad summer, 1977
Camelot: NASA/Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres
Adventures of a government scientist
Traveling salesman for Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
Return to academe: last stop
Texas A&M University and academics
Geezer gigs
The future climate
Summing up
Epilogue.