Visualizing Environmental Science

by David M. Hassenzahl, Mary Catherine Hager, Linda R. Berg

The 5th Edition of Visualizing Environmental Science provides students with a valuable opportunity to identify and connect the central issues of environmental science through a visual approach. Beautifully illustrated, this fifth edition shows students what the discipline is all about--its main concepts and applications--while also instilling an appreciation and excitement about the richness of the subject. This edition is thoroughly refined and expanded; the visuals utilize insights from research on student learning and feedback from users.

Genres: Science, School, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Environment

Unbound

First published November 1, 2006

About the author

David M. Hassenzahl is founding Dean of the School of Sustainability and the Environment at Chatham University. He is an internationally recognized scholar of sustainability and risk analysis, and has spent more than two decades addressing subjects as diverse as climate change, energy, toxic chemicals, and public health.

His research focuses on incorporating scientific information and expertise into public decisions, with particular emphasis on the management, interpretation, and communication of uncertainty.

Among his many publications are Should We Risk It, co-authored with Daniel M. Kammen, and Environment, with Peter Raven and Linda Berg. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Science and Paleontology from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy from Princeton University.

Dr. Hassenzahl’s efforts in climate change education have been supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and recognition for his educational work includes the Society for Risk Analysis Outstanding Educator Award and the UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award.

He is a Senior Fellow of the National Council for Science and the Environment, and a founding member of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences. From 2000 – 2010, Dr. Hassenzahl was Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Chair in the Department Environmental Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Hassenzahl worked in the private sector as an environmental manager at a pulp and paper mill, and in the public sector as an inspector for the (San Francisco) Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

- http://www.falk.chatham.edu/programs/...

Reviews

[Deb · Rating 1 out of 5]

pretty pictures.

[R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good book as far as textbooks go . . . this was interesting enough in the way that it presented the information that I wasn't dying of boredom and I learned quite a bit that I don't think I would have been able to get anywhere else. I can understand why some sort of Environmental Science class is becoming required in high schools all over now and I wish that I would have had to take one but I guess I'm just too old. Sad face.

The only thing that I'm truly not happy about is that it came as basically a bunch of pages that needed to be placed into a three ring binder in order to be functional as a book. That and I think that it would have really been about a 250 pages book if they took out all the chapter review things. Does anyone really ever read those or do those?

[Summer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I could teach this stuff! ;)

[Kristin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually enjoyable textbook!

[Lydia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Words cannot describe how boring this is....

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

The physical book was okay, I didn't love that it's loose and needs a 3-ring binder to be used. But the digital copy makes this worth it.