Bibliograph

After cooling, on Freon, global warming, and the terrible cost of comfort, Eric Dean Wilson

Type

Label

After cooling, on Freon, global warming, and the terrible cost of comfort, Eric Dean Wilson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-451) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

After cooling

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1257968213

Responsibility statement

Eric Dean Wilson

Sub title

on Freon, global warming, and the terrible cost of comfort

Summary

"Interweaves the science and history of the powerful refrigerant (and dangerous greenhouse gas) Freon with a haunting meditation on how to live meaningfully and morally in a rapidly heating world"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prelude: this business of destruction -- Before freon: on the trouble with personal comfort -- The business of destruction (tropopause) -- The age of freon: on the continuous uncertainty of safety -- The business of destruction (stratopause) -- After freon: on the myth of the closed system -- The business of destruction (mesopause) -- Postlude: what we're after

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