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Foreword by Václav Klaus,President of the Czech RepublicRELEASED DATE: November 2011ISBN: 978-1-921421-80-8Paperback, (250 pages approx)About the authorPROFESSOR IAN PLIMER (The University of Adelaide) is Australia’s best-known geologist. He is also Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at The University of Melbourne where he was Professor and Head of Earth Sciences (1991-2005) after serving at The University of Newcastle (1985-1991) as Professor and Head of Geology. He was on the staff of the University of New England, The University of New South Wales and Macquarie University. He has published more than 120 scientific papers on geology. This is his eighth book written for the general public, the best known of which are Telling lies for God (Random House), Milos-Geologic History (Koan), A Short History of Planet Earth (ABC Books) and his best-selling Heaven+Earth (Connor Court).He won the Leopold von Buch Plakette (German Geological Society), Clarke Medal (Royal Society of NSW), Sir Willis Connolly Medal (Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy), was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and was elected Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of London. In 1995, he was Australian Humanist of the Year and later was awarded the Centenary Medal. He was Managing Editor of Mineralium Deposita, president of the SGA, president of IAGOD, president of the Australian Geoscience Council and sat on the Earth Sciences Committee of the Australian Research Council for many years. He won the Eureka Prize for the promotion of science, the Eureka Prize for A Short History of Planet Earth and the Michael Daley Prize (now a Eureka Prize) for science broadcasting. He is an advisor to governments and corporations and a regular broadcaster.Table of ContentsFOREWORDPREAMBLE FOR PUPILS, PARENTS AND PUNTERSINTRODUCTION1. HUMAN-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE: WHY I AM SCEPTICALA short history of planet EarthWhat warming?Follow the moneyCorruption, fraud and porky piesSnow, ice, floods and cyclonesFellow travellers2. SCIENCEThe process of scienceEvolution of scientific ideasModels, predictions and adaptationAnti science3. CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER AND ICEPlanetary degassing and carbon dioxideAn innocent trace gasAnother innocent trace gasWater and iceSea level4. TEMPERATUREHow do we measure global temperature?Urban effectAdjusting of measurementsHottest year on record5. HOW TO GET EXPELLED FROM SCHOOLBackgroundIs climate change normal?One hundred and one questions.A guide for teachers, parents and puntersClick source for more