
Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance
Mariana Gosnell
Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance
Mariana Gosnell
A former "Newsweek" reporter offers a sparkling illumination of ice, the natural phenomenon whose ebbs and flows over time help shape the world in which we live.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN-13
- 9780226304960
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- Ice and glaciersNatural historyClimate and environment
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyShortlisted(2005)
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