A scientist looks at the world around him from a mountaintop and tells the reader what he sees and answers many complex questions for nonscientific readers--where do all the rocks come from? why do eagles glide in circles among the peaks? how old is the earth? how does glacial snow in August lead to a prediction of the next ice age? and much more, in an interesting and readable fashion
Language
English
Pages
236
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1986
ISBN 13
9780684186276
Meditations at 10,000 Feet: A Scientist in the Mountains by James S Trefil (1986-05-03)
A scientist looks at the world around him from a mountaintop and tells the reader what he sees and answers many complex questions for nonscientific readers--where do all the rocks come from? why do eagles glide in circles among the peaks? how old is the earth? how does glacial snow in August lead to a prediction of the next ice age? and much more, in an interesting and readable fashion