Infinite Worlds: Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art Reviews

Infinite Worlds: Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art





With over 500 colour illustrations selected and assembled with text detailing the history and evolution of the genre, this is the most comprehensive book on science fiction art and the diversity of styles and approaches that this art form encompasses.Infinite Worlds has a little bit of everything to offer those interested in science fiction art: a brief history of the field, short biographies of more than 100 artists, and 700 images from some of the finest sci-fi book and magazine covers ever created. Author Vincent Di Fate combines all of these elements to create a book that is as enjoyable to read as it is to look through. It even has a two-page digression on the influence of Stanley Meltzoff's famous painting for Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters. Whether you're after a coffee-table art book or an encyclopedia of the science fiction world, Infinite Worlds is the book for you.









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Climate Change: The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future

Climate Change is geared toward a variety of students and general readers who seek the real science behind global warming. Exquisitely illustrated, the text introduces the basic science underlying both the natural progress of climate change and the effect of human activity on the deteriorating health of our planet. Noted expert and author Edmond A. Mathez synthesizes the work of leading scholars in climatology and related fields, and he concludes with an extensive chapter on energy production, anchoring this volume in economic and technological realities and suggesting ways to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

Climate Change opens with the climate system fundamentals: the workings of the atmosphere and ocean, their chemical interactions via the carbon cycle, and the scientific framework for understanding climate change. Mathez then brings the climate of the past to bear on our present predicament, highlighting the importance of paleoclimatology in understanding the current climate system. Subsequent chapters explore the changes already occurring around us and their implications for the future. In a special feature, Jason E. Smerdon, associate research scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, provides an innovative appendix for students.

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