White Planet

Author : Leslie Anthony
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781553656463

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White Planet by Leslie Anthony Pdf

Writer and adventurer Leslie Anthony has spent his life on two planks, racing down hills, searching for the next perfect ride. His real baptism, however, began in the early nineties when Alaska emerged as the ski world’s Next Big Thing. Steep faces and vast tracks of powder snow, were captured on film and beamed to audiences around the world. The result was a freeskiing revolution. With insight and humor, White Planet, traces an arc through the new ski culture, in a rock ‘n’ roll adventure that follows a diaspora to far-flung corners of the globe. Along the way, Anthony introduces many of the daredevils, visionaries and entrepreneurs who are bringing the sport to such unexpected places as Mexico, China, Lebanon and India.

Author : Jean Jouzel,Claude Lorius,Dominique Raynaud
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400844692

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The White Planet by Jean Jouzel,Claude Lorius,Dominique Raynaud Pdf

A gripping journey through the icy regions of our changing planet From the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate. Written by three internationally renowned scientists at the center of many breakthroughs in ice core and climate science, this book provides an unparalleled firsthand account of how the "white planet" affects global climate—and how, in turn, global warming is changing the frozen world. Jean Jouzel, Claude Lorius, and Dominique Raynaud chronicle the daunting scientific, technical, and human hurdles that they and other scientists have had to overcome in order to unravel the mysteries of past and present climate change, as revealed by the cryosphere--the dynamic frozen regions of our planet. Scientifically impeccable, up-to-date, and accessible, The White Planet brings cutting-edge climate research to general readers through a vivid narrative. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the inextricable link between climate and our planet's icy regions.

Author : Tom Chapin,John Forster
Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534445321

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This Pretty Planet by Tom Chapin,John Forster Pdf

Based on the touching song “This Pretty Planet” by Tom Chapin and John Forster, this hopeful and whimsically illustrated picture book celebrates the pretty planet we call home. Winds blow. Tides flow. Shooting stars descend. Our lives begin, middle, and end on This pretty planet. From icy tundras to sandy beaches, lush forests to tall mountains, this exuberant picture book journeys around the globe and presents the natural wonders of the planet with a contagious sense of awe and whimsy. Young readers will get lost in the detailed illustrations as the narration serves as a gentle reminder of why we must care for and protect our pretty planet.

Author : Torbjørn Rødland,Gil Blank,Ina Blom,Hillary Raphael
Publisher : Steidl
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Photography
ISBN : UOM:39015064347837

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White Planet, Black Heart by Torbjørn Rødland,Gil Blank,Ina Blom,Hillary Raphael Pdf

Torbjorn Rodland is to photography what the Pet Shop Boys are to pop: a master of the delicately orchestrated cliche overload, a surcharge of the too obvious, too cute or too inane, played to the point where, drained of all trace of common sense, it suggests a new sense of silence, of mystery. Rodland has a knack for producing images that make you ask what are, in fact, appropriate motives for art photography: Images of single audio or video cassettes? Bleak black-and-white renditions of countryside churches? George W. Bush's favorite ice cream? A black banana? Girls and pets, pets and girls? He creates a complex of readings that inveigles the viewer into spending time with each single image, to reconsider its meaning and relevance. White Planet, Black Heart makes no excuses as it reinvents the romantic impulses of popular culture. This is Rodland's first book.

Author : Jean Jouzel,Claude Lorius,Dominique Raynaud
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691173474

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The White Planet by Jean Jouzel,Claude Lorius,Dominique Raynaud Pdf

A gripping journey through the icy regions of our changing planet From the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate. Written by three internationally renowned scientists at the center of many breakthroughs in ice core and climate science, this book provides an unparalleled firsthand account of how the "white planet" affects global climate—and how, in turn, global warming is changing the frozen world. Jean Jouzel, Claude Lorius, and Dominique Raynaud chronicle the daunting scientific, technical, and human hurdles that they and other scientists have had to overcome in order to unravel the mysteries of past and present climate change, as revealed by the cryosphere--the dynamic frozen regions of our planet. Scientifically impeccable, up-to-date, and accessible, The White Planet brings cutting-edge climate research to general readers through a vivid narrative. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the inextricable link between climate and our planet's icy regions.

Author : Fred W. Price
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521789818

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The Planet Observer's Handbook by Fred W. Price Pdf

This is an informative, up-to-date and well-illustrated guide to planetary observations for amateurs. After a brief description of the solar system and a chapter on the celestial sphere, readers are shown how to choose, test and use a telescope with various accessories and how to make observations and record results. For each planet and the asteroids, details are given of observational techniques, together with suggestions for how to make contributions of scientific value. From a general description and detailed observational history of each planet, observers can anticipate what they should see and assess their own observations. The chapter on planetary photography includes the revolutionary use of videography, charge coupled devices and video-assisted drawing. There are also chapters on making maps and planispheres and on photoelectric photometry.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112110962732

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The Living Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Anthony Proctor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Science
ISBN : PRNC:32101045500137

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The Borderland of Science: a Series of Familiar Dissertations on Stars, Planets, and Meteors by Richard Anthony Proctor Pdf

Author : Didi Emmons
Publisher : Harvard Common Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997-05-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1558321152

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The Vegetarian Planet by Didi Emmons Pdf

A culinary adventure in 350 soul-satisfying recipes. The vegetarian bible for a new generation.

Author : John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : CHI:74713707

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The Eclectic Magazine by John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UFL:31262095201975

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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : American periodicals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119089451

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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age by John Holmes Agnew,Walter Hilliard Bidwell Pdf

Author : Étienne Léopold Trouvelot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UCAL:B4399271

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The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings Manual by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : American periodicals
ISBN : PSU:000020210236

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Appletons' Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alexis Sixela
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781435702691

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Planet Alicia by Alexis Sixela Pdf

Traveling to another planet is also a trip inside. It makes you pay a visit to some corners of your brain that are not always in working order. At home, everything has a length, a width and a depth. This is our cubist environment. The stars above don't seem to have any use for our straight lines, right angles and flat surfaces. You don't have to go far to see that our so called 'normal' way of thinking is only a first approximation. Len, our photographer, fell in love on Planet Alicia. That was more than he expected. He went there with the idea that love is something that he produces and gives away. Now he sees lovers as those double stars going through the universe dancing around each other, united by their distance. The transition was not easy. He nearly died. We went there convinced that we are the master of our ship. I came back thinking that I am trying to master the wind blowing in my sails. Enjoy the trip.