Experimenting on a Small Planet

Preface.- Introduction.- Intermezzo I. A Slightly Unusual Family.- The Language Of Science.- Intermezzo II. Undergraduate study.- Applying Mathematics to Problems.- Intermezzo III. Graduate study.- Geologic Time.- Intermezzo IV. Graduate study II.- Putting Numbers On Geologic Ages.- Intermezzo V. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland - and Europe - I.- Documenting Past Climate Change.- Intermezzo VI. A Postdoctoral Year in Switzerland - and Europe - II.- The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun - The Analogies With Water Waves And Sound.- Intermezzo VII. New Horizons and the Berlin Wall.- The Nature Of Energy Received From The Sun - Figuring Out What Light Really Is.- The Academic Life.- Exploring The Electromagnetic Spectrum.- Intermezzo IX. Back and Forth through the Iron Curtain.- The Origins Of Climate Science - The Idea Of Energy Balance.- Intermezzo X. Getting used to the East.- The Climate System.- Intermezzo XI. The most memorable summer of my life was 1968.- What's At The Bottom Of Alice's Rabbit Hole.- Intermezzo XII. Illinois and Miami.- Energy From The Sun - Long-Term Variations.- Intermezzo XIII The Deep Sea Drilling Project - DSDP.- Solar Variability And Cosmic Rays.- Intermezzo XIV. A History of the Deep Sea Drilling Project and JOIDES.- Albedo.- Intermezzo XV. Internationalization of the Deep Sea Drilling Project.- Air.- Intermezzo XVI. The Cretaceous Puzzle.- HOH - The Keystone Of Earth's Climate.- Intermezzo XVII Becoming a Dean.- The Atmosphere.- Intermezzo XVIII Fund Raising.- Oxygen And Ozone - Products And Protectors of Life.- Intermezzo XIX Building A Building.- Water Vapor - The Major Greenhouse Gas.- Intermezzo XX An Unexpected Detour.- Carbon Dioxide.- Intermezzo XXI Course Correction.- Other Greenhouse Gases.- Intermezzo XXII. Exciting Times.- The Coriolis Force.- Intermezzo XXIII Decision Time.- The Circulation Of Earth's Atmosphere.- Intermezzo XXIV: The Zindani Affair.- The Modern Ocean's General Circulation.- Intermezzo XXV. The Geological Congress in Moscow - 1984.- The Biological Interactions.- Intermezzo XXVI Eagle Plume.- Sea level.- Intermezzo XXVII Second Sabbatical.- Global Climate Change - The (Geologically) Immediate Past.- Intermezzo XXVIII European Odyssey I.- Is There An Analog For The Future Climate?- Intermezzo XXIX European Odyssey II.- The Instrumental Temperature Record.- Intermezzo XXX European Odyssey III.- The Near Future.- Intermezzo XXXI Retirement.- The Distant Future.- Intermezzo XXXII.... Mehr