Discussions on Climate and Cosmology / (Record no. 514776)
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| control field | CR9781139506120 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | UkCbUP |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20200124160200.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781139506120 (ebook) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9781108055307 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UkCbUP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | UkCbUP |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QC861 |
| Item number | .C76 1885 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 551.6 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Croll, James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1821-1890, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Discussions on Climate and Cosmology / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | James Croll. |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Discussions on Climate & Cosmology |
| 264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R) | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) | Place of publication not identified : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) | publisher not identified, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 1885. |
| 264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R) | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) | Cambridge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) | Cambridge University Press |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource. : |
| Other physical details | digital, PDF file(s). |
| 336 ## - Content Type (R) | |
| Content type term (R) | text |
| Content type code (R) | txt |
| Source (NR) | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - Media Type (R) | |
| Media type term (R) | computer |
| Media type code (R) | c |
| Source (NR) | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - Carrier Type (R) | |
| Carrier type term (R) | online resource |
| Carrier type code (R) | cr |
| Source (NR) | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| სერიის ცნობა | Cambridge library collection. Earth sciences |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The cause of the ice ages was a puzzle to nineteenth-century climatologists. One of the most popular theories was that the affected continents must somehow have been hugely elevated and, like mountains, iced over. However, in this 1885 study of the problem, James Croll (1821-90) argues that such staggering movement would have been impossible. Instead, he puts forward a new theory: that the eccentricity of the earth's orbit changes at regular intervals over long periods, creating 'great secular summers and winters'. Adopting a meticulous approach to the facts, he disproves a host of well-established notions across several disciplines and makes some remarkable deductions, including the effect of ocean currents on climate, the temperature of space, and even the age of the sun. With a focus on logical argument and explanation rather than mathematics, his book remains fascinating and accessible to students in the history of science. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Climatology. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Cosmology. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781108055307 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Cambridge library collection. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139506120">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139506120</a> |
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