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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsThe Ice Finders: How a Poet, a Professor, and a Politician Discovered the Ice Ageby Edmund Blair Bolles
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) was a Swiss professor who conceived of the Ice Age and then spent decades trying to persuade other scientists he had not gone mad. Charles Lyell (1797-1875) was the century's most influential geologist and a master politician among his fellow scientist. His scientific principles said an Ice Age was impossible, even after his eyes showed him it was real. Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857), an adventurer trapped for two winters at the top of Greenland, wrote a poetic description of a harsh and frozen landscape. His words portrayed the previously unimaginable great ice and set the stage for the story's unexpected outcome.<P>The discovery of the Ice Age is one of science's greatest and least-known stories. The Ice Finders shows that, for all their boasting about reason scientist are driven by their passions and obsessions — human traits that actually advance the evolution of scientific discovery. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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