Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery
Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery – Review
This is a book everyone interested in climate and the ice ages (and how science is done) should widely read. It is the account of one of the great technical changes of our time, the proof of Milankovitch’s theory on the timing of the ice ages by Earth’s orbital variations, by some of the eventually leading participants, written not too long afterward. It is readily understandable by a novice, but provides attractive background for professionals (We frequently get the eventually finished product, without the story of how that product went about.) There have been a portion of developments since then, particularly on mechanisms, but this work gives the account of the connection.