Books
by Edward J Larson
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An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science |
This is a fascinating account of the extensive and varied scientific research conducted by daring explorers, who risked their lives to learn about emperor penguins, massive glaciers, frozen fossils, underwater marine world, and much more, including their race to the Pole, with excellent original maps. Describing the triumph and tragedy of the polar expeditions, it paints a wonderful picture of the era, and is certainly suitable for the general public as well as scientists of all kinds.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 105 Summer 2022) |
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Evolution's Workshop - God and Science on the Galapagos Islands |
It is fascinating to consider the effects that a small string of isolated and practically waterless islands have had on both religion and science - and that is just what this book does. It is the story of the islands seen through the eyes of those that landed there, from pirates and colonists to scientists, tourists and visionaries. It also chronicles the scientific expeditions and the reactions they provoked, from Darwin to the present day.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 26 October 2004) |
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