Mountains of Fire
The Secret Lives of Volcanoes
Seiten
2023
Hodder & Stoughton (Verlag)
978-1-5293-5109-5 (ISBN)
Hodder & Stoughton (Verlag)
978-1-5293-5109-5 (ISBN)
A thrilling journey to the planet's most extreme places with volcanologist and filmmaker Professor Clive Oppenheimer, revealing how volcanoes have shaped us and our planet.
*As heard on DESERT ISLAND DISCS*
CHOSEN AS ONE OF WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023
'If Michael Palin had been a volcanologist, this is the book he would have written... A darn good read.'
LITERARY REVIEW
'What the French adventurer Jacques Cousteau was to the hidden world under our seas, Oppenheimer is to the hidden, molten world bubbling under our feet.'
SUNDAY TIMES
'A book that will make all readers want to become volcanologists.'
PETER FRANKOPAN
'Gripping ... like a thriller ... Oppenheimer is better than good. This is terrific.'
SPECTATOR
'Beautiful. Mountains of Fire is bursting with poetry, with storytelling. '
WERNER HERZOG
__________
Volcanoes mean so much more than threat and calamity. Like our parents, they've led whole lives before we get to know them.
We are made of the same stuff as the breath and cinders of volcanoes. They have long shaped the path of humanity, provoked pioneering explorations and fired up our imaginations. They are fertile ground for agriculture, art and spirituality, as well as scientific advances, and they act as time capsules, capturing the footprints of those who came before us.
World-renowned volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer has worked at the crater's edge in the wildest places on Earth, from remote peaks in the Sahara to mystical mountains in North Korea. His work reveals just how entangled volcanic activity is with our climate, economy, politics, culture and beliefs. From Antarctica to Italy, he paints volcanoes as otherworldly, magical places where our history is laid bare and where nature speaks to something deep within us.
Blending cultural history, science, myth and adventure, Mountains of Fire reminds us that, wherever we are on the planet, our stories are profoundly intertwined with volcanoes.
*As heard on DESERT ISLAND DISCS*
CHOSEN AS ONE OF WATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF 2023
'If Michael Palin had been a volcanologist, this is the book he would have written... A darn good read.'
LITERARY REVIEW
'What the French adventurer Jacques Cousteau was to the hidden world under our seas, Oppenheimer is to the hidden, molten world bubbling under our feet.'
SUNDAY TIMES
'A book that will make all readers want to become volcanologists.'
PETER FRANKOPAN
'Gripping ... like a thriller ... Oppenheimer is better than good. This is terrific.'
SPECTATOR
'Beautiful. Mountains of Fire is bursting with poetry, with storytelling. '
WERNER HERZOG
__________
Volcanoes mean so much more than threat and calamity. Like our parents, they've led whole lives before we get to know them.
We are made of the same stuff as the breath and cinders of volcanoes. They have long shaped the path of humanity, provoked pioneering explorations and fired up our imaginations. They are fertile ground for agriculture, art and spirituality, as well as scientific advances, and they act as time capsules, capturing the footprints of those who came before us.
World-renowned volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer has worked at the crater's edge in the wildest places on Earth, from remote peaks in the Sahara to mystical mountains in North Korea. His work reveals just how entangled volcanic activity is with our climate, economy, politics, culture and beliefs. From Antarctica to Italy, he paints volcanoes as otherworldly, magical places where our history is laid bare and where nature speaks to something deep within us.
Blending cultural history, science, myth and adventure, Mountains of Fire reminds us that, wherever we are on the planet, our stories are profoundly intertwined with volcanoes.
Clive Oppenheimer is a volcanologist and filmmaker. He is Professor of Volcanology at the University of Cambridge, where he has been based for 30 years. His research seeks to understand how volcanoes work and to probe the connections between eruptions, climate and society. He has conducted fieldwork around the world - either at the crater's edge peering in with assorted monitoring devices or hunting for the far-flung deposits of Earth's greatest eruptions. He has also made two documentary features with legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, INTO THE INFERNO (Netflix, 2016) and FIREBALL: VISITORS FROM DARKER WORLDS (Apple TV+, 2020).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.08.2023 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 164 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 620 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5293-5109-X / 152935109X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5293-5109-5 / 9781529351095 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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