Jess Phoenix

Ms. Adventure

My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Jess Phoenix's work encompasses science and representation in such a delightful melding that it could only come from as spry and playful a soul as hers! Open this book and jump into the volcano!" -Patton Oswalt

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781643262192
• ISBN-10: 164326219X
• Artikelnr.: 64053658

Autorenporträt

Jess Phoenix is the executive director and co-founder of the environmental scientific research organization Blueprint Earth. For over 12 years, she has been a volcanologist, an extreme explorer, and a professional field scientist. She ran for United States Congress in California to unseat a climate science-denying incumbent, running a true grassroots campaign with positions based in evidence and fact. She is a Fellow in the Explorers Club and Royal Geographical Society, a featured scientist on the Discovery and Science Channels, and an invited TEDx speaker.  

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
 
Acknowledgments
1. Welcome to the Club
2. Into the Valley of Death
3. Mauna Loa: The Long Mountain
4. Kīlauea: The Spewer
5. Lō‘ihi Seamount: The Tall Mountain
6. Nevado Salkantay: The Savage Mountain
7. Sierra Madre Occidental: The Mother Mountains
8. El Reventador: The Eruptor
9. The Explorers
Index