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ADDITIONAL READING H.H. Lamb 1995. Climate, History and the Modern World, 2nd edition. Routledge. Popular-level overview. J. Leggett 1999. The Carbon War : Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era. Penguin Books. Discussion of the contorversies surrounding global warming, which include political and economic issues as well as scientific. Lunine, J. 1999. Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Comprehensive discussion of the history of the Earth, with emphasis on the role played by life on our planet. (Written as a senior-level textbook) Miller, R. 1983. Continents in Collision. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books. Beautifully illustrated popular account of the fundamentals of plate tectonics. Sullivan, W. 1985. Landprints. New York: Times Books. Popular book by a leading science journalist on the role of plate tectonics in shaping the geology and landscape of the Earth.
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