Consider a Cylindrical Cow More Adventures in Environmental Problem Solving

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Text aimed at environmental modeling and problem solving, covering five thematic sections on probability, optimisation, scaling, differential equations, and stability and feedback.

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Biography

For more than two decades, JOHN HARTE has taught courses on the quantitative aspects of environmental science at University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Distinguished Class of 1935 Professorship in the Energy and Resources Group. His previous book, Consider a Spherical Cow, became a landmark text in the field. He is also the author of The Green Fuse and co-author of Patient Earth and Toxics A to Z. He has published numerous articles on ecology and biodiversity, water and other resources, climate change and its effects, acid precipitation, and environmental policy.