The Physics of Climate Change

By: Lawrence M. Krauss

Narrated by: Lawrence M. Krauss

Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

Audiobook includes a special 30-minute interview with the author.

The first book to briefly and clearly present the science of climate change in a way that is accessible to laypeople, providing the perspective needed to understand and assess the foundations and predictions of climate change.

“Brilliant and fundamental, this is the necessary book about our prime global emergency. Here you’ll find the facts, the processes, the physics of our complex and changing climate, but delivered with eloquence and urgency. Lawrence Krauss writes with a clarity that transcends mere politics. Prose and poetry were never better bedfellows.” (Ian McEwan, Booker Prize-winning author of Solar and Machines Like Me)

"The ideal book for understanding the science of global warming..at once elegant, rigorous, and timely." (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction)

“A brief, brilliant, and charming summary of what physicists know about climate change and how they learned it.” (Sheldon Glashow, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Metcalf Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Boston University)

“The distinguished scientist Lawrence Krauss turns his penetrating gaze on the most pressing existential threat facing our world: climate change. It is brimming with information lucidly analysed. Such hope as there is lies in science, and a physicist of Dr. Krauss’s imaginative versatility is unusually qualified to offer it.” (Richard Dawkins, author of The Blind Watchmaker and Science in the Soul)

“Lucid and gripping, this study of the most severe challenge humans have ever faced leads the reader from the basic physics of climate change to recognition of the damage that humans have already caused and on to the prospects that lie ahead if we do not change course soon.” (Noam Chomsky, Laureate Professor, University of Arizona, author of Internationalism or Extinction?)

“Lawrence Krauss tells the story of climate change with erudition, urgency, and passion. It is our great good luck that one of our most brilliant scientists is also such a gifted writer. This book will change the way we think about the future.” (Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of Good Boy and She’s Not There)

“Everything on climate change that I’ve seen is either dumbed down and bossy or written for other climate scientists. I’ve been looking for a book that can let me, a layperson, understand the science. This book does just what I was looking for. It is important.” (Penn Jillette, Magician, author of Presto! and God, No!)

“The renowned physicist Lawrence Krauss makes the science behind one of the most important issues of our time accessible to all.” (Richard C. J. Somerville, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego)

“Lawrence Krauss is a fine physicist, a talented writer, and a scientist deeply engaged with public affairs. His book deserves wide readership. The book’s eloquent exposition of the science and the threats should enlighten all readers and motivate them to an urgent concern about our planet’s future.” (Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, former president of the Royal Society, author of On the Future: Prospects for Humanity)

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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This book is screaming "Read Me!!!"

Everyone needs to read this book! The information is presented so clearly. Knowledge is power, get some!

great listen

good content. I really enjoyed the author's perspective of un-spun facts. woth listening to again

Clear facts on climate change

Full of clear, helpful and important facts explained in a common sense reasonable way to convince the layman of the science of human caused climate change. That it is real and immediate existential danger requiring humanity to collectively act in compassion to engage solutions to alive the suffering of hundreds of billions of people. Clear and inspiring. The numerous, undeniable scientific facts presented here clearly to be seen by doubters and deniers,

Exactly what I have always wanted!

For years I have been picking up books, reading articles and downloading papers in an attempt to undorstand this issue. Time and time again, I have been disappointed when the books and articles were political diatribes and the papers were over my head. I am a chemist, but since each scientific discipline has its own language and nomenclature, I have been unable to educate myself on this subject. This book is an excellent overview, without commentary and driving opinion. Worst case and best case scenerios are presented with clear explainations. Thank you LMK!

Actions speak louder than words

I read many of the reviews previously and some were pretty negative and condescending. My outlook is a polar opposite. Dr. Krauss has taken a very difficult and controversial subject and given the facts in a very understandable fashion that can help make good decisions now regarding climate change. One of my personal baselines of a good teacher is to share difficult information that can be easily understood. Very good listening. Very good audiobook!

Recommended Read/Listen

Good narrator and content is easy to understand. He covets all the basic keypoints in physics aspect of climate. Book made for someone just learning basics someone well versed in the subject should already know all the content.

If you break it is yours...the climate.

I like Lawrence's analogies in this book. My favorite is, one meter (3 feet) of ocean level rise might not sound much but is as dangerous as having a bowling ball falling on your head from one meter above.
Lawrence starts his book by analyzing the consequences of climate change in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam and he manages very well to simply explain why raising tides and temperatures will cause extensive damage to the population and loss of habitable space.
The following chapters introduce us to the science of climate change and explore the beginning of life that created the oxygen reach atmosphere that we have today. I also liked learning about the 1800s carbon dioxide CO2 discovery in Earth's atmosphere and the first clues humankind had that human-produced CO2 and other gases may have on Earth's energy balance.
Because "no man ever steps in the same river twice" we should become aware of how our decision will affect future generations and construct a sustainable political approach for climate change.
I already recommend "The Physics of Climate Change" to my students along with all other books written by Lawrence.
Great listen!

fact and science. Our future looks bleak.

A very accessible tour of a complex subject. I was left terrified because we will never act on the monumental task necessary to solve the problem. Cue Titanic deck chair realignment.

Simple physics demonstrates carbon and climate change

Clear, concise, layman’s science (high school level) explains the role of CO2 in our atmosphere and the impacts that carbon dioxide has on our planet.

Great listen

This book touches on so many of the deeper issues you gloss over in most climate change discussions. Lawrence Krauss has a passion for teaching and it’s evident in his work . He makes complicated material really easy to digest !