Vroege RecensentenRough Guides Staff

The Rough Guide to Climate Change gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. Cutting a swathe through scientific research and political debate, this completely updated 3nd edition lays out the facts and assesses the options—global and personal—for dealing with the threat of a warming world. The guide looks at the evolution of our atmosphere over the last 4.5 billion years and what computer simulations of climate change reveal about our past, present, and future. This updated edition includes scientific findings that have emerged since the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as well as background on recent controversies and an updated politics section that reflects post-Copenhagen developments. Discover how rising temperatures and sea levels, plus changes to extreme weather patterns, are already affecting life around the world. The guide unravels how governments, scientists and engineers plan to tackle the problem and includes information on what you can do to help.

Find the future now with 50 predictions in "The Rough Guide to the Future". Wondering what's really in store for the human race? Nanotechnology and gene enhancements, solar power and carbon capture? Or oil shocks, water wars, food shortages, and mass extinction? "The Rough Guide to the Future" cuts a clear path through the jungle of scientific research and political debate, steering you around the prophets of doom and the utopian visionaries, to take you on a tour of the likeliest possibilities for the rest of this century - and beyond. It covers 50 predictions from the world's leading futurologists and chronicles predictions from the past along with visions of the future. You'll find out where we go from here with "The Rough Guide to the Future".

The Rough Guide to Happiness steers past all the misleading hype to offer inspiring insights and sound advice on how to achieve all-around happiness and well-being. Don't worry, be happy!

The publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin’s masterpiece The Origin of Species changed forever the way we think about life on Earth, but also about the human condition. One hundred and fifty years later—and 200 years after his birth—Darwin's big idea has never been more relevant or more challenging. The Rough Guide to Evolution provides a fun and accessible introduction to evolution and its influence on almost all aspects of human thought.

The Rough Guide to Men's Health is a welcome respite from the shelves of humorless medical guides and instead provides an authoritative, accessible, and witty approach to the topic of men's health from a lifestyle angle--combining common real-life situations with tips and advice from an international panel of health experts.