Boeken Fysisch Geograaf

Red Nile

A rip-roaring yet intimate biography of the mighty Nile by Robert Twigger, award-winning author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS. 'A tour de force' FINANCIAL TIMES. So much begins on the banks of the Nile: all religion, all life, all stories, the script we write in, the language we speak, the gods, the legends and the names …

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Veen, dras, moeras

Proulx neemt ons mee op een fascinerende reis door de geschiedenis en toont ons de vennen van het 16e-eeuwse Engeland tot de laaglanden van de Hudsonbaai in Canada, het Russische Great Vasyugan Mire, het Amerikaanse Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge en de 19e-eeuwse ontdekkingsreizigers die begonnen met de vernietiging van het Amazoneregenwoud. Veen, drassen, moerassen en …

VSI Earth

Exploring the geological research, this title explains how advances in the understanding of plate tectonics, seismology, and satellite imagery have enabled us to see the Earth for what it is. It introduces the concepts of continental drift, the earth's structure, sea floor spreading, and the relationship between the atmosphere and the oceans.

Curious about Nature

Notwithstanding the importance of modern technology, fieldwork remains vital, not least through helping to inspire and educate the next generation. Fieldwork has the ingredients of intellectual curiosity, passion, rigour and engagement with the outdoor world - to name just a few. You may be simply noting what you see around you, making detailed records, or …

Alps Mountain Biking From Aosta Zermatt

Alps Mountain Biking is a guide to the western Alps with everything you need to plan a great trip. Written by Samoëns guide Steve Mallett, it gives you the local riders' knowledge on trails, and information on accommodation, lifts and travel. Packed with great photography, it will inspire you to explore this huge mountain bike …

Woodlands

‘Trees are wildlife just as deer or primroses are wildlife. Each species has its own agenda and its own interactions with human activities …’

The Keys To The Street

Mary Jago donates her bone marrow to save the life of a complete stranger; a generous act of kindness that culminates in a violent break-up with her brutish boyfriend. Moving to the affluent edge of London's famous Regent's Park, Mary believed she had finally escaped the threat of violence. She never thought that one simple …

Basic Principles and Techniques of Molecular Quantum Mechanics

New textbooks at all levels of chemistry appear with great regularity. Some fields like basic biochemistry, organic reaction mechanisms, and chemical thermody- namics are well represented by many excellent texts, and new or revised editions are published sufficiently often to keep up with progress in research. However, some areas of chemistry, especially many of those …

FONTANA HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

The Fontana History of Chemistry, which draws extensively on both the author’s own original research and that of other scholars world wide, is conceived as a work of synthesis. Nothing like it has been attempted in decades.