Environmental Science: Principles and Practices by Spellman, Frank R.

Environmental Science: Principles and Practices (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780810886100)

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Format: Hardcover
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Environmental Science: Principles and Practices by Spellman, Frank R.

Environmental Science: Principles and Practices

$195.00
Environmental Science: Principles and Practices by Spellman, Frank R.

Environmental Science: Principles and Practices

$195.00
Format: Hardcover
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Environmental Science: Principles and Practices provides the scientific principles, concepts, applications, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and manmade, evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and examine alternative solutions (such as renewable energy sources) for resolving and even preventing them. Frank R. Spellman and Melissa Stoudt introduce the science of the environmental mediums of air, water, soil, and biota to undergraduate students.

Interdisciplinary by nature, environmental science embraces a wide array of topics. Environmental Science: Principles and Practices brings these topics together under several major themes, including

  1. How energy conversions underlie all ecological processes
  2. How the earth's environment functions as an integrated system
  3. How human activities alter natural systems
  4. How the role of culture, social, and economic factors is vital to the development of solutions
  5. How human survival depends on practical ideas of stewardship and sustainability

Environmental Science: Principles and Practices is an ideal resource for students of science in the classroom and at home, in the library and the lab.

Author: Frank R. Spellman, Melissa L. Stoudt
ISBN-10: 0810886103
ISBN-13: 9780810886100
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2013
Pages: 732
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.70lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.20w x 1.90d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 07/01/2013 pg. 54
By Frank R. Spellman
By Frank R. Spellman
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Frank R. Spellman is the author or co-author of more than 70 books on the natural sciences, as well as environmental and health sciences. He has served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice, a variety of law firms, and a number of non-governmental organizations on environmental issues and health-related matters. He is formerly an assistant professor of environmental health at Old Dominion University.

Melissa L. Stoudt is a radiation controls training instructor at an atomic power laboratory. Previously, she instructed students and officers of the US Navy in proper radiation controls and handling of radioactive material. She is coauthor of Nuclear Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (Scarecrow Press 2011).

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