The Awakening Desert: The Autobiography of an Israeli Scientist

ISBN-13: 9783540507949 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 204 str.

Michael Evenari; Hermann Remmert

Opis

Michael Evenari's biography unfolds his exciting, manifold life: his love for botany, the confrontation with political events as a youngster and his thrilling experience of helping in the development of Israel. Evenari takes us on his exciting expeditions in the company of his beloved wife. He tells us of his meetings with many personalities and about his farm in the Negev. The discovery of long forgotten floodwater irrigated farm systems from the times of King Salomon and their reconstruction became a successful experiment which lead him to teach this approach of runoff agriculture in many parts of the world, initializing progress in the development of various arid areas. As a tribute to his successful scientific life, Evenari was awarded the Balzan Prize in 1988. In April 1989, Michael Evenari died at the age of 84.

Spis treści

1: Youth.- 2: Student Years: The Young Botanist.- 3: Palestine.- 4: Life in Palestine and Military Service during the Second World War.- 5: With the Jewish Brigade in Italy.- 6: From Palestine to Israel.- 7: South America.- 8: California and Return to Israel.- 9: In Europe and North America on Behalf of the University.- 10: Vice-President of the Hebrew University.- 11: The Negev.- 12: An Orchard Grows from Ancient Seeds.- 13: The Six-Day War and its Aftermath.- 14: A Visit to Russia, and the Institute for Desert Research.- 15: Science, the Human Condition, and the Future of Mankind: A Biologist’s View.