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The Ice Finder: How a Poet, a Professor, and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age

by Edmund Blair Bolles

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Book News Annotation:

Swiss professor Louis Agassiz (1807-73) spent decades arguing that his conception of an Ice Age was not madness. Geologist and master politician Charles Lyell (1797-1875) tried to reconcile his own observations with scientific principles that made an Ice Age impossible. Adventurer and poet Elisha Kent Kane (1820-57) was trapped at the top of Greenland for two winters and portrayed a harsh and frozen landscape that made the Ice Age credible. Bolles, a prolific and popular science writer, tells the tale.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

The surprising story of three ambitious men and how their clash of egos, ignorance, and imaginations led to the discovery of the Ice Age. Maps & illustrations.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781582430300
Subtitle:
How a Poet, a Professor, and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age
Author:
Bolles, Edmund Blair
Publisher:
Counterpoint Press
Location:
Washington, DC :
Subject:
History
Subject:
Geology
Subject:
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Subject:
Explorers
Subject:
Discoveries in geography
Subject:
Glacial epoch
Subject:
Agassiz, Louis
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257).
Publication Date:
December 1999
Binding:
Trade Cloth
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
7.57x5.14x.96 in. .82 lbs.
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