The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology (12th Edition)
Fred Lutgens and Ed Tarbuckare professors emeriti from Illinois Central College. They have been good friends and colleagues since 1970.  Between them, they have more than 60 years of experience teaching geoscience to undergraduates, and both have been recognized with awards as excellent and inspiring professors.    Lutgens and Tarbuck published their first college text, Earth Science, in 1976.  That book, winner of the McGuffy Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association, is now in its thirteenth edition.  In 1983, as the first edition of Earth was being prepared, renowned geoscience illustratorDennis Tasajoined the author team.  Since then, the three have collaborated on more than 25 projects as the dominant author team franchise in the physical geosciences.