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The Patagonian Icefields. A Unique Natural Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies.
. Ed(S): Casassa, Gino; Sepulveda, Francisco V.; Sinclair, Rolf
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Description for The Patagonian Icefields. A Unique Natural Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies.
Paperback. Editor(s): Casassa, Gino; Sepulveda, Francisco V.; Sinclair, Rolf. Series: Series of the Centro de Estudios Cientificos. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSG; RBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 441.
The majesty of the icefields is beyond description. He who has been fortunate to be there once, remains bound forever. To a theoretical physicist working on black holes the icefields produce a familiar vertigo, the instinctive certainty of being confronted with something so simple and beautifully extreme that it must be of importance. The meeting whose proceedings are contained in this volume was conducted onboard of a vessel that went to the icefields, and the participants could literally set foot on them. It was expected that, for those who had not been there before, this would constitute a ritual of ... Read more
The majesty of the icefields is beyond description. He who has been fortunate to be there once, remains bound forever. To a theoretical physicist working on black holes the icefields produce a familiar vertigo, the instinctive certainty of being confronted with something so simple and beautifully extreme that it must be of importance. The meeting whose proceedings are contained in this volume was conducted onboard of a vessel that went to the icefields, and the participants could literally set foot on them. It was expected that, for those who had not been there before, this would constitute a ritual of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Series
Series of the Centro de Estudios Cientificos
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461351740
SKU
V9781461351740
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