Civilization's Temperature

About the Book

The book by Alexander Nikonov, Civilization’s Temperature, represents a new unorthodox view of the global warming problem, as well as the way our climate affects the history of humankind. Overlapping the climatic curve by historical events produces an amazing result: the peak of civilization activity matched periods of cooling. Periods of local climate deterioration are periods of uprise of grand empires, emergence of all world religions, inception of most significant cultural and scientific achievements. How much will the temperature rise by the end of the twenty-first century? Do we need to fight global warming, considering that in the not-so-distant future our planet awaits another ice age, which may kill our civilization? You will find answers in this book.

About the Author

The most popular Russian nonfi ction writer Alexander Nikonov was born in 1964 in Moscow. He graduated as a metallurgical engineer , but soon realized that this is not exactly his area of interest. In 1987, he started writing books and over the years worked as a journalist in various top Russian magazines. By this day, Nikonov wrote and published over a dozen books. He is an avid fi ghter for freedom, believes his homeland is the entire world, and has this to say: “Everything was bad during Soviet times, except for one thing: USSR provided exceptional education. The country had no sausage in stores, but had lots of professors, and children studied math from early childhood. That’s why all math departments in U.S. colleges and universities now speak Russian. This education, as well as the God-given talent to explain complicated things in simple language made me the modern day enlightener. ”