Nonfiction | Science
Snow : A Scientific and Cultural Exploration
by Giles Whittell 2020-05-30 10:38:16
image1
COMPARE PRICE
Brimming with interesting facts and surprising anecdotes, this scientific and cultural history opens our eyes to the wonders of one of nature’s most delicate, delightful, and deadly phenomena: SNOW! Perfect for fans of The Hidden Life of Trees ... Read more
Brimming with interesting facts and surprising anecdotes, this scientific and cultural history opens our eyes to the wonders of one of nature’s most delicate, delightful, and deadly phenomena: SNOW! Perfect for fans of The Hidden Life of Trees and Rain.

Go on an extraordinary journey across centuries and continents to experience the wonders of snow; from the prehistoric humans that trekked and even skied across it tens of thousands of years ago to the multi-billion-dollar industry behind our moving, making, and playing with snow. Blending accessible writing with fascinating science, Giles Whittell explores how snow dictates where we live, provides us with drinking water, and has influenced countless works of art and more.

Whittell also uncovers compelling mysteries of this miraculous substance, such as why avalanches happen, how snow saved a British prime minister’s life, where the legend of the yeti comes from, and the terrifying truth behind the opening ceremony of the 1960 winter Olympics.

Filled with in-depth research and whip-smart prose, Snow is an eye-opening and charming book that illuminates one of the most magnificent wonders of nature. Less
  • File size
  • Print pages
  • Publisher
  • Publication date
  • Language
  • ISBN
  • 8.4x5.6x0.9inches
  • 256
  • Atria Books
  • November 1, 2019
  • eng
  • 9781982105471
autor-image
Giles Whittell
Author
Giles Whittell is chief leader writer for The Times, and was previously the paper's correspondent in Los Angeles, Moscow and Washington. He has written five previous books - Bridge of Spies, Spitfire ...
Compare Prices
image
Buy CAD 34.00
image
Hard Cover
Buy USD 25.0
image
Buy GBP 1.99
Available Discount
12 % OFF
12% off Academic Book Titles (ebooks.com)
Show Coupon Code

See More Details

Description: Back to School Promotion at eBooks.com. 12% off Academic book titles. Landing page is on our academics category page. Static image.

10 % OFF
Save 10% OFF on Student Text Books (ebooks.com)
Show Coupon Code

See More Details

Description: Purchase textbooks at student discounts!

20 % OFF
20% Off on selected Categories
Show Coupon Code

See More Details

Description: 20% Off these Categories- Body Mind & Spirit, Family & Relationships, Foreign Language Study, History, Sports & Recreation. Offer Lasts all through January.

Related Books
view all
image1
Symbolic Logic:
image1
Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills(Geology):
image1
The Methods of Glass-Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame, for the Use of Chemical and Physical Students:
image1
Goethe's Theory of Colours:
image1
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England,Scotland and Ireland:
image1
Humpback Whales in Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska:
image1
The Subspecific Status of Two Central American Sloths:
image1
Florida and the Game Water-Birds:
image1
How It Works: Dealing in Simple Language With Steam, Electricity, Light, Heat, Sound, Hydraulics, Optics, Etc., and With Their Applications to Apparatus in Common Use:
image1
Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; With Additions:
image1
Sketches of Natural History of Ceylon:
image1
My Studio Neighbors:
image1
The Curious Book of Birds:
image1
Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification by Samuel Butler:
image1
Life and Habit:
image1
Mammals From Southeastern Alaska:
image1
Récit d'une excursion de l'impératrice Marie-Louise aux glaciers de Savoie en juillet 1814 (French Edition)Geology):
image1
Whale Primer: With Special Attention to the California Gray Whale:
image1
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement:
image1
Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland(GEOLOGY):
image1
Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7]:
image1
Life History of the Kangaroo Rat:
image1
Improved Queen-Rearing;:
image1
Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, With a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country (Classic Reprint):
image1
A Flight with the Swallows; Or, Little Dorothy's Dream:

Stay in touch.

© 2024 AMPLE READS