The challenge of clean air / Martin J. Gutnik..

By: Gutnik, Martin J .

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BookSeries: Science: Juvenile literature.Publisher: Hillside, N.J. : Enslow Publishers, c1990Description: 64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0894902725.Subject(s): Air -- Pollution -- Juvenile literature | Air -- Pollution

DDC classification: 363.7392

Contents:

Introduction -- The science of air and air pollution -- Technology and industry -- Society and air pollution -- Epilogue.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Lending	MTU Bishopstown Library Lending	363.7392 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00014118

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Explores the scientific, technological, and social background of the many environmental problems plaguing our air and atmosphere.

Summary: Explores the scientific, technological, and social background of the many environmental problems plaguing our air and atmosphere.

Includes bibliographical references (page 59) and index.

Introduction -- The science of air and air pollution -- Technology and industry -- Society and air pollution -- Epilogue.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

School Library Journal Review

Misinformation, oversimplification, and a plodding style characterize this book. Statements such as, ``The summer drought of 1988 . . . has been linked to global warming,'' and ``The human being is the only living thing that has the ability to alter its environment'' are not infrequent. So technical is the definition of ``food chain'' in the glossary that it will be meaningless to young readers. The black-and-white photographs are fuzzy, and the diagrams are simplistic or so convoluted as to be useless. The book's only positive features are the inclusion of some up-to-date information and a discussion of overpopulation as the main cause of pollution. Well-presented information is readily available in Gay's Ozone (1989) and The Greenhouse Effect (1986), as well as in Stwertka's Industrial Pollution: Poisoning the Atmosphere (1989) or Wood's Pollution (1985, all Watts). --Meryl Silverstein, American Museum of Natural History, New York City (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

Photographs. A disappointing treatment of an important subject. Some explanations are vague, and some are inaccurate. Bibliography, index. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.