Mariana Gosnell

Ice

The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance

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Produktbeschreibung

A former "Newsweek" reporter offers a sparkling illumination of ice, the natural phenomenon whose ebbs and flows over time help shape the world in which we live. of photos.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 939g
• ISBN-13: 9780226304960
• ISBN-10: 0226304965
• Artikelnr.: 21102549

Autorenporträt

Mariana Gosnell is a former medicine reporter for Newsweek. Her articles have appeared in many magazines, including Smithsonian and National Wildlife. She is the author of Zero Three Bravo: Solo Across America in a Small Plane.

Rezensionen

"Gosnell travels to the ends of the earth, into the clouds, and under the frozen sea to conduct her investigations.... By the time you finish this remarkable book, you'll never think about freezing and melting in quite the same way." - New York Times Book Review "To read Ice is to discover just how astonishing it is and how necessary." - San Francisco Chronicle "A bright, curious, omnidirectional tour that will entrance nature readers." - Booklist "An encyclopedic work with surprises on every page.... Illustrated with images of ice castles, skaters, and bubble-filled frozen sculpture, Gosnell's book breathes life into the crystals dubbed 'glorious spangles' by Henry David Thoreau." - Discover "An astonishment.... Engaging, literate, mischievously written.... [Gosnell] grills and at times ribs grandiose scientists; marvels at, flatters, and notes the historical idiocies of some polar explorers; and gets to the bottom of what would really happen if global warming melted the West Antarctic Ice Sheet." - New York Times"