Publisher: San Val ISBN: 9780613917841 ISBN-10: 0613917847
The book aims to cover some of the more common and popular topics addressed in physics of the earth, physics of the environment, and the environmental physics course. It provides an essentially nonmathematical treatment suitable for a first year undergraduate level course. The text covers the physics of the built environment, the physics of human survival, environmental health, the sun and the atmosphere, the biosphere, and the global climate and climate change.