Earth Science: Understanding Environmental Systems
Edgar W. Spencer,
Washington and Lee University
ISBN: 0072341467 Copyright year: 2002
Overview
This book is intended for introductory courses which place emphasis on the systems approach to Earth Science with special attention to the impact these systems have on the environment. It is appropriate for liberal-arts non-majors with no previous college science or mathematics. By using a systems approach students gain a better understanding of Earth as a whole, the relationships among processes acting on and inside Earth, and the connections between physical and biological sciences.
The primary goals of this book are to provide the background the general student needs to understand the way the Earth works, how knowledge of Earth relates to the environmental issues confronting our society, and how scientists go about examining these issues. The unifying focus used to achieve these goals is the study of the processes that govern the evolution of Earth and control the operation of its environmental systems.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education