Stephen J. Pyne

Broschiertes Buch

The Ice

A Journey to Antarctica

Beschreibung

Explores the physical and organic phenomena of the Antarctic continent as well as its history. With chapters on the geography and formation of the continent, its exploration, its depiction in the arts and sciences, and its geopolitical treatment, the author places the remote land as central to the

Autor

Stephen J. Pyne is a professor in the Biology and Society Program at Arizona State Universty. He is the author of many books, including Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 and Fire on the Rim: A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon. Fire: A Brief History is the sixth volume in Pyne's Cycle of Fire, which also includes Vestal Fire, World Fire, Burning Bush, The Ice and Fire in America.

Produktdetails

• Weyerhaueser Cycle of Fire
• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9780295976785
• ISBN-10: 0295976780
• Artikelnr.: 22485618