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Guy Stewart Callendar (1898–1964) is noted for identifying, in 1938, the link between the artifcial production of carbon dioxide and global warming. Today this is called the “Callendar Efect. ” He was one of Britain’s leading steam and combustion engineers, a specialist in infrared physics, author of the standard reference book on the properties of steam at high tempe- tures and pressures, and designer of the burners of the notable World War II airfeld fog dispersal system, FIDO. He was keenly interested in weather and climate, taking measurement so accurate that they were used to correct the ofcial temperature records of central England and collecting a series of worldwide weather data that showed an unprecedented warming trend in the frst four decades of the twentieth century. He formulated a coherent theory of infrared absorption and emission by trace gases, established the nineteenth-century background concentration of carbon dioxide, and - gued that its atmospheric concentration was rising due to human activities, which was causing the climate to warm. Callendar’s contributions to climatology led the way in the mid-twentie- century transition from the traditional practice of gathering descriptive c- mate statistics to the new and exciting feld of climate dynamics. In the frst half of the twentieth century, the carbon dioxide theory of climate change xiv Introduction had fallen out of favor with climatists. This Is The First Biography Of The Remarkable Scientist Who Linked The Three Key Elements Of Global Warming: Rising Temperatures, Rising Levels Of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide, And Infrared Sky Radiation. He Did This In 1938! The Callendar Effect Is The Name Given To Guy Stewart Callendar’s Monumental Discovery That Climatic Change Could Be Brought About By Increases In The Concentration Of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Due To Human Activities, Primarily Through Burning Fossil Fuels. Callendar’s Life And Work Are Reconstructed From His Never-before-published Original Scientific Correspondence, Notebooks, And Family Letters And Photographs. In Addition To Providing A Readable And Authoritative Account Of The Early History Of Climate Science, The Book Documents The Influence Of His Family, Especially His Famous Physicist Father, And Callendar’s Contributions To A Number Of Important Technical Issues, Including British And International Steam Engineering, The Infrared Spectra Of Complex Molecules, The World War Ii Fog Dispersal System Fido. The Early Years To 1930 -- A Family Man -- Steam Engineering -- Defense Work -- Global Warming And Anthropogenic Co2 -- Callendar's Legacy. James Rodger Fleming. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This is the untold story of the remarkable scientist who established the carbon dioxide theory of climate change. Guy Stewart Callendar discovered that global warming could be brought about by increases in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide due to human activities, primarily through burning fossil fuels. He did this in 1938! Using never-before-published original scientific correspondence, notebooks, family letters, and photographs, science historian James Rodger Fleming introduces us to one of Britains leading engineers and explains his life and work through two World Wars to his continuing legacy as the scientist who established The Callendar Effect. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi The Early Years to 1930....Pages 1-15 A Family Man....Pages 17-32 Steam Engineering....Pages 33-46 Defense Work....Pages 47-64 Global Warming and Anthropogenic CO 2 ....Pages 65-87 Callendar’s Legacy....Pages 89-96 Back Matter....Pages 97-155