No Horizon Is So Far

Author : Liv Arnesen,Ann Bancroft,Cheryl Dahle
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452961019

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No Horizon Is So Far by Liv Arnesen,Ann Bancroft,Cheryl Dahle Pdf

The extraordinary story of the first two women to cross Antarctica The fascinating chronicle of Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft’s dramatic journey as the first two women to cross Antarctica, No Horizon Is So Far follows the explorers from the planning of their expedition through their brutal trek from the Norwegian sector all the way to McMurdo Station as they walked, skied, and ice-sailed for almost three months in temperatures reaching as low as -35°F, all while towing their 250-pound supply sledges across 1,700 miles of ice full of dangerous crevasses. Through website transmissions and satellite phone calls, Ann and Liv, two former schoolteachers, were able to broadcast their expedition to more than three million students in sixty-five countries to teach geography, science, and the importance of following your dreams.

Author : Kristin J. Jacobson
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Adventure and adventurers in literature
ISBN : 9780820357188

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The American Adrenaline Narrative by Kristin J. Jacobson Pdf

1. DESIRING NATURES -- 2. CONQUERING NATURES -- 3. SPIRITUAL NATURES -- 4. EROTIC NATURES -- 5. RISKY NATURES -- 6. RESTORATIVE NATURES -- Appendix : List of Contemporary American Adrenaline Narratives.

Author : Marina de Nadous
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781784623074

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Calm Waters & No Horizon by Marina de Nadous Pdf

This sacred romance between two lovers fills the pages of an English housewife's on-going diary, continuing on from Marina de Nadous' previous books; The Celestial Sea, Dry Dock and Setting Sail. Calm Waters & No Horizon continue the tale of Mouse and her lover, Adrian, who find themselves embracing an illicit but powerful connection they cannot deny. Continuing their journey of self-discovery, they plead for understanding from those who have become entangled in their moral dilemma. Set against the beautiful backdrop of coastal New Zealand, Mouse and Adrian record their lengthy correspondence, which details an intense, spiritual passion and magical connection. Mouse struggles as to which parts of her romance to share with the blank pages of her diary and she begins to realise that even the smallest details have consequences. The reader accompanies the protagonists' every move and thought, following the deep intimacy and magical parallel Mouse and Adrian share within the hurly burly of domestic life. Mouse's diary draws on her thoughts about emigration, a mother's domestic world, family life, intimacy and adventure. The ultimate escape from the trials of everyday life, Calm Waters & No Horizon are thought-provoking, deeply poetic and will appeal to readers who enjoy romance, spiritual possibility and sacred love.

Author : John Glasby,A.J. Merak
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473210561

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No Dawn and No Horizon by John Glasby,A.J. Merak Pdf

All the known planets had been conquered and colonized. Pluto was the last - as far as man could go into space. Beyond the frozen planet lay an immeasurable gulf of light years which no man could cross in a single lifetime. But one man kept trying to find the answer.

Author : Sami Jalbout,Sanaa Taleb
Publisher : World Heritage Publishers Ltd
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9786144135228

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Onward We Go Level Eight (Textbook) by Sami Jalbout,Sanaa Taleb Pdf

Author : Laurens Van Der Post
Publisher : Random House
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407073248

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Yet Being Someone Other by Laurens Van Der Post Pdf

Yet Being Someone Other is the most revealing book that Laurens van der Post wrote about his extraordinary and eventful life, and the most far-reaching; it is a distillation of the experiences that have moved him at the deepest level of the imagination and made him the exceptional person and writer he was.

Author : Makoto Natsuume
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431554417

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AdS/CFT Duality User Guide by Makoto Natsuume Pdf

This book describes applications of the AdS/CFT duality to the "real world." The AdS/CFT duality is an idea that originated from string theory and is a powerful tool for analyzing strongly-coupled gauge theories using classical gravitational theories. In recent years, it has been shown that one prediction of AdS/CFT is indeed close to the experimental result of the real quark–gluon plasma. Since then, the AdS/CFT duality has been applied to various fields of physics; examples are QCD, nuclear physics, condensed-matter physics, and nonequilibrium physics. The aim of this book is to provide background materials such as string theory, black holes, nuclear physics, condensed-matter physics, and nonequilibrium physics as well as key applications of the AdS/CFT duality in a single volume. The emphasis throughout the book is on a pedagogical and intuitive approach focusing on the underlying physical concepts. It also includes step-by-step computations for important results, which are useful for beginners. This book will be a valuable reference work for graduate students and researchers in particle physics, general relativity, nuclear physics, nonequilibrium physics, and condensed-matter physics.

Author : John Desmond Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : 0521200717

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Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Site by John Desmond Clark Pdf

The local basin in the Kalambo River valley above the famous Falls on the boundary between Zambia and Tanzania provides one of the longest and richest records of human activity so far recovered from a single site in the African continent. Successive human occupation levels and horizons cover the past 60,000 years from the close of the Acheulian Industrial Complex to the present day. This third, and final, volume of this major site report deals with the Middle and Earlier Stone Age period.

Author : Hans C. Ohanian,Remo Ruffini
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139619547

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Gravitation and Spacetime by Hans C. Ohanian,Remo Ruffini Pdf

The third edition of this classic textbook is a quantitative introduction for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It gently guides students from Newton's gravitational theory to special relativity, and then to the relativistic theory of gravitation. General relativity is approached from several perspectives: as a theory constructed by analogy with Maxwell's electrodynamics, as a relativistic generalization of Newton's theory, and as a theory of curved spacetime. The authors provide a concise overview of the important concepts and formulas, coupled with the experimental results underpinning the latest research in the field. Numerous exercises in Newtonian gravitational theory and Maxwell's equations help students master essential concepts for advanced work in general relativity, while detailed spacetime diagrams encourage them to think in terms of four-dimensional geometry. Featuring comprehensive reviews of recent experimental and observational data, the text concludes with chapters on cosmology and the physics of the Big Bang and inflation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1612 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UIUC:30112112405466

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Air Service Information Circular by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Copan,William Lane Craig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501335884

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The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume 2 by Paul Copan,William Lane Craig Pdf

The ancient kalam cosmological argument maintains that the series of past events is finite and that therefore the universe began to exist. Two recent scientific discoveries have yielded plausible prima facie physical evidence for the beginning of the universe. The expansion of the universe points to its beginning-to a Big Bang-as one retraces the universe's expansion in time. And the second law of thermodynamics, which implies that the universe's energy is progressively degrading, suggests that the universe began with an initial low entropy condition. The kalam cosmological argument-perhaps the most discussed philosophical argument for God's existence in recent decades-maintains that whatever begins to exist must have a cause. And since the universe began to exist, there must be a transcendent cause of its beginning, a conclusion which is confirmatory of theism. So this medieval argument for the finitude of the past has received fresh wind in its sails from recent scientific discoveries. This collection reviews and assesses the merits of the latest scientific evidences for the universe's beginning. It ends with the kalam argument's conclusion that the universe has a cause-a personal cause with properties of theological significance.

Author : Constantin Fasolt
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226115641

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The Limits of History by Constantin Fasolt Pdf

History casts a spell on our minds more powerful than science or religion. It does not root us in the past at all. It rather flatters us with the belief in our ability to recreate the world in our image. It is a form of self-assertion that brooks no opposition or dissent and shelters us from the experience of time. So argues Constantin Fasolt in The Limits of History, an ambitious and pathbreaking study that conquers history's power by carrying the fight into the center of its domain. Fasolt considers the work of Hermann Conring (1606-81) and Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313/14-57), two antipodes in early modern battles over the principles of European thought and action that ended with the triumph of historical consciousness. Proceeding according to the rules of normal historical analysis—gathering evidence, putting it in context, and analyzing its meaning—Fasolt uncovers limits that no kind of history can cross. He concludes that history is a ritual designed to maintain the modern faith in the autonomy of states and individuals. God wants it, the old crusaders would have said. The truth, Fasolt insists, only begins where that illusion ends. With its probing look at the ideological underpinnings of historical practice, The Limits of History demonstrates that history presupposes highly political assumptions about free will, responsibility, and the relationship between the past and the present. A work of both intellectual history and historiography, it will prove invaluable to students of historical method, philosophy, political theory, and early modern European culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Engineering
ISBN : HARVARD:HXHHE4

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Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Whiffen
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547015765

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The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes by Thomas Whiffen Pdf

The North-West Amazons is a book by Thomas Whiffen. It studies the indigenous people of Brazil and Colombia, their way of life, including their homes, agriculture, food and weaponry.

Author : Montserrat Guibernau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134353262

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Catalan Nationalism by Montserrat Guibernau Pdf

Catalan Nationalism offers a fresh socio-political analysis of Catalan nationalism during the Franco regime (1939-1975) and the Spanish transition to democracy.