William E. Glassley

Broschiertes Buch

A Wilder Time

Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice

Beschreibung

A scientist experiences primordial wonders and the wisdom of solitude in one of Earth's wildest and most endangered places

Autor

William E. Glassley (July 1, 1947 – March 19, 2023) was a geologist at the University of California, Davis and a researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark, focusing on the evolution of continents and the processes that energize them. He was the author of over seventy research articles and a textbook on geothermal energy. A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice, his first book for a general audience, received the John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book and the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, among other honors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bellevue Literary Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 188mm x 126mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 224g
• ISBN-13: 9781942658344
• ISBN-10: 1942658346
• Artikelnr.: 47746825