wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of the World's Most Mysterious Continent
ISBN: 9781408830598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Gabrielle Walker, author, consultant to New Scientist and regular broadcaster with the BBC has written a book unlike any that has ever been written about Antarctica. The volume weaves all the threads into an intricate tapestry, made up of science, natural history, poetry, epic history, and what it feels like to be there.
Gabrielle Walker, author, consultant to New Scientist and regular broadcaster with the BBC has written a book unlike any that has ever been written ab...
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87,72 zł |
An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
ISBN: 9780156034142 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. We don't just live in the air; we live because of it. It's the most miraculous substance on earth, responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. In this exuberant book, gifted science writer Gabrielle Walker peels back the layers of our atmosphere with the stories of the people who uncovered its secrets:
- A flamboyant Renaissance Italian discovers how heavy our air really is: The air filling Carnegie Hall, for example, weighs seventy thousand pounds. - A one-eyed barnstorming pilot finds a set of winds that constantly blow five miles above our heads.... We don't just live in the air; we live because of it. It's the most miraculous substance on earth, responsible for our food, our weather, our water, a...
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77,26 zł |
The Hot Topic: What We Can Do about Global Warming
ISBN: 9780156033183 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Last year, awareness about global warming reached a tipping point. Now one of the most dynamic writers and one of the most respected scientists in the field of climate change offer the first concise guide to both the problems and the solutions. Guiding us past a blizzard of information and misinformation, Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King explain the science of warming, the most cutting-edge technological solutions from small to large, and the national and international politics that will affect our efforts. Last year, awareness about global warming reached a tipping point. Now one of the most dynamic writers and one of the most respected scientists in ... |
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72,96 zł |
Environmental Migration in the Face of Emerging Risks: Historical Case Studies, New Paradigms and Future Directions
ISBN: 9783031295287 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This book will provide a space for new and emergent research in environmental migration, particularly in the context of a world beginning to emerge from the grip of a debilitating public health crisis that kept many firmly rooted in place while displacing others internationally. With famines, vast wildfires, droughts, and record heatwaves uprooting human settlements internationally, research on migration in the face of emerging risks is all the more urgent. As Balsari, Dresser, & Leaning point out, “the wall-building, xenophobic, and insular” platforms of some global powers in their...
This book will provide a space for new and emergent research in environmental migration, particularly in the context of a world beginning to emerge fr...
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545,99 zł |