Title: Very boring and full of errors
Product review: I used this book for a class I recently taught on air pollution. I regretted the choice early in the semester!Strengths:- It covers a wide range of topics (e.g., meteorology, health effects, atmospheric chemistry, indoor air quality) - which is very hard to find in other textbooks.Weaknesses:- It succeeds in making almost every topic dry and boring. Air pollution can be an exciting topic given how timely the topic is, but this book comes across as a dry reference book written for insomniacs.- It is full of errors. Although many errors are just typographical (e.g., in chemical equations), which is of course unacceptable in a pricey textbook, other errors indicate a lack of understanding of the material. For example, the book teaches that subsiding air "compresses the air beneath it", rather than explaining that subsiding air is itself compressed.misc.: Very little math is used in the textbook - either an advantage or disadvantage depending on what you're looking for...
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