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New York W. W. Norton & Company 1984 First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated] Hardcover Good in Good jacket xxxv, [1], 229, [7] pages. illustrations (some in color). Notes. Index. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Some endpaper discoloration. Foreword by Lewis Thomas. The Cold and the Dark is the record of the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 to November 1, 1983. The conference involved over 200 scientists from many nations and drew together the best available scientific information. Its central finding was the phenomenon of nuclear winter: a much more profound and long-lasting devastation of the earth and atmosphere than had been believed possible before. In the two principal papers, Carl Sagan presents the atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war and Paul Ehrlich summarizes its biological implications. Also included is the text of the "Moscow Link"? a dialogue between Soviet and American scientists on nuclear winter and the technical papers providing the scientific evidence for the book's conclusions. This work makes dramatic long lasting climate predictions of the effect a nuclear winter would have on the Earth, an event that is suggested by the authors to follow both a city countervalue strike during a nuclear war, and especially following strikes on oil refineries and fuel depots. Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934-December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, ...

ISBN10: 0393018709, ISBN13: 9780393018707, [publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York] Hardcover First Edition xxxv, [1], 229, [7] pages. illustrations (some in color). Notes. Index. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Some endpaper discoloration. Foreword by Lewis Thomas. The Cold and the Dark is the record of the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 to November 1, 1983. The conference involved over 200 scientists from many nations and drew together the best available scientific information. Its central finding was the phenomenon of nuclear winter: a much more profound and long-lasting devastation of the earth and atmosphere than had been believed possible before. In the two principal papers, Carl Sagan presents the atmospheric and climatic consequences of nuclear war and Paul Ehrlich summarizes its biological implications. Also included is the text of the "Moscow Link" ?a dialogue between Soviet and American scientists on nuclear winter and the technical papers providing the scientific evidence for the book's conclusions. This work makes dramatic long lasting climate predictions of the effect a nuclear winter would have on the Earth, an event that is suggested by the authors to follow both a city countervalue strike during a nuclear war, and especially following strikes on oil refineries and fuel depots. Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 - December 20, 1996) ...

W W Norton & Co Inc 1984-01-01 Hardcover New Size: 79x15x127; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

ISBN10: 0393018709, ISBN13: 9780393018707, [publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc] Hardcover 127 X 25 X 203 millimeters; 229 pages
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1984]