Ecological Numeracy: Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Issues

by Robert A. Herendeen

Book Overview

Master the fundamental math skills necessary to quantify andevaluate a broad range of environmental questions.

Environmental issues are often quantitative--how much land, howmany people, what amount of pollution. Computer programs areuseful, but there is no substitute for being able to use a simplecalculation to slice through to the crux of the problem. Having agrasp of how the factors interact and whether the results makesense allows one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471183091
• ISBN13: 9780471183099
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"