William Smyth, Frederick Lowe

Broschiertes Buch

Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, Across the Andes and Down the Amazon

Undertaken with a View of Ascertaining the Practicability of a Navigab

Beschreibung

Combining travel narrative and anthropological observations, this 1836 publication describes the authors' experiences in the Amazon basin.

Autor

William Smyth earned a Ph.D. in atmospheric physics at the University of Toronto in 1990, and is today a professor of physical oceanography at Oregon State University. He has taught courses on atmospheric dynamics, climate change, fluid mechanics, descriptive oceanography, geophysical waves, instabilities and ocean turbulence both in the US and abroad. He has published two books and over 70 peer-reviewed research papers. When not doing science, he performs in rock bands.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9781108033794
• ISBN-10: 1108033792
• Artikelnr.: 34015014