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In the Eye of the Storm: The Autobiography of Sir John Houghton
The life of one of the world's most influential climate-change scientists, and his battle to get the truth heard
Sir John Houghton's life chronicles the history of climate science, and this, his lifestory, is a wake-up callfor those who care about the weather, the environment, and their impact upon our lives. As progress has been made in the scientific measuring of climate, ...more
Sir John Houghton's life chronicles the history of climate science, and this, his lifestory, is a wake-up callfor those who care about the weather, the environment, and their impact upon our lives. As progress has been made in the scientific measuring of climate, ...more
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256 pages
Published
January 1st 2014
by Lion Hudson
(first published November 1st 2013)
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While this book had a lot of really good content, it was massively let down by the writing. It seemed almost as though the ghost writer had just written down everything Sir John had said, word for word. The result was an overuse of the word fun and many strangely short sentences, coming across as overly simplistic.
I was tempted to rate it as 3 stars due solely to the few chapters that were done pretty well - ones which detailed conflicts surrounding reports or policy making about climate change ...more
I was tempted to rate it as 3 stars due solely to the few chapters that were done pretty well - ones which detailed conflicts surrounding reports or policy making about climate change ...more
Thank you to NetGalley and Lion Hudson for an advance copy of Sir John Houghton's book In the Eye of the Storm.
John Houghton is a climate scientist of international renown. In the Eye of the Storm is his autobiography. He tells of his growing up years in a Christian home, his formal education, his early experiments, and his extensive research in climate change. I was impressed with his openness. Sir John puts the science of climate change in terms any layman can understand and explains why the ...more
John Houghton is a climate scientist of international renown. In the Eye of the Storm is his autobiography. He tells of his growing up years in a Christian home, his formal education, his early experiments, and his extensive research in climate change. I was impressed with his openness. Sir John puts the science of climate change in terms any layman can understand and explains why the ...more
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