Extreme Nature

Author : Mark Carwardine
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007596618
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extreme Nature written by Mark Carwardine and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful and fascinating portrait of the world’s most extreme wildlife, from the sexiest beast to the smelliest plant.

Author : Sergio Albeverio
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354028611X
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extreme Events in Nature and Society written by Sergio Albeverio and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-18 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Significant, and usually unwelcome, surprises, such as floods, financial crisis, epileptic seizures, or material rupture, are the topics of Extreme Events in Nature and Society. The book, authored by foremost experts in these fields, reveals unifying and distinguishing features of extreme events, including problems of understanding and modelling their origin, spatial and temporal extension, and potential impact. The chapters converge towards the difficult problem of anticipation: forecasting the event and proposing measures to moderate or prevent it. Extreme Events in Nature and Society will interest not only specialists, but also the general reader eager to learn how the multifaceted field of extreme events can be viewed as a coherent whole.

Author : Gail Herman
Publisher : Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN 13 : 9780448433370
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extreme Nature written by Gail Herman and published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book was released on 2003-09-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers facts about lightning, the planets, volcanoes, tornadoes, and sharks.

Author : Bill Curtsinger
Publisher : White Star
ISBN 13 : 9788854400788
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extreme Nature written by Bill Curtsinger and published by White Star. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lovers of marine life and connoisseurs of photography will delight in this beautifully produced book dedicated to the surprising elements of the "unseen." In Extreme Nature, National Geographic photographer Bill Curtsinger takes us to locations around the globe, from the North to the South Poles, where he reveals in amazing detail the lives of elusive water creatures-some never before photographed-and those that are ubiquitous but rarely observed close up. These images represent some of the best of his thirty-year career, and here he reflects on the subtle elements that make his art so powerful.The splendid photography in Extreme Nature is the result of a profound sensitivity to the aquatic environment. "I worship the single-minded effort that still photography embodies," Curtsinger says, "the challenge, the solitary immersion in an animal's world and the rewards that are often found in such an adventure." The reader accompanies him on these adventures, plumbing the depths around icebergs and volcanoes, meeting sharks, sea turtles, seals, narwhals, whales, and many others along the way. As he shares his wondrous visions, the author also explains his approach to the photographic artistry. "My goal," he says, "is to immerse myself in an animal's world so that I can extract from those moments a new image, or a new insight into behavior heretofore unseen. I become the creature I pursue, in theory anyway . . ." This elegant book becomes a journey not only into aquatic wildlife but also into the art of photography itself.

Author : Shamil U. Galiev
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351059386
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modeling of Extreme Waves in Technology and Nature, Two Volume Set written by Shamil U. Galiev and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modeling of Extreme Waves in Technology and Nature is a two-volume set, comprising Evolution of Extreme Waves and Resonances (Volume I) and Extreme Waves and Shock-Excited Processes in Structures and Space Objects (Volume II). The theory of waves is generalized on cases of extreme waves. The formation and propagation of extreme waves of various physical and mechanical nature (surface, elastoplastic, fracture, thermal, evaporation) in liquid and solid media, and in structural elements contacting with bubbly and cryogenic liquids are considered analytically and numerically. The occurrence of tsunamis, giant ocean waves, turbulence, and different particle-waves is described as resonant natural phenomena. Nonstationary and periodic waves are considered using models of continuum. The change in the state of matter is taken into account using wide-range determining equations. The desire for the simplest and at the same time general description of extreme wave phenomena that takes the reader to the latest achievements of science is the main thing that characterizes this book and is revolutionary for wave theory. A description of a huge number of observations, experimental data, and calculations is also given.

Author : Donna M. Jackson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618777068
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extreme Scientists written by Donna M. Jackson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles three extreme scientists who risk their lives to conduct research in some of the world's most intense environments, describing the experiences of scientists studying hurricanes, cave microbes, and forest canopies.

Author : Ricardo Melo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000997227
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature Sports written by Ricardo Melo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the first international collection that challenges current thinking and research in the emerging field of nature sport. Owing to its inherent connections with fields such as business, leisure, health, tourism, and education, this emerging field has attracted perspectives from a wide range of theoretical viewpoints – much of which are discussed within this collection. In simple terms nature sports refer to a group of sporting activities that predominantly take place in natural and rural areas. Participation can be both competitive and recreational, with the primary aim to work in relation to nature, where participants seek harmony rather than the quest to conquer it. Within this book, experts from around the globe consider the very essence of nature sport(s), including numerous practical examples of it in action, offering invaluable insights to those both familiar and new to the field. Driven by an increase in non-traditional sports, coupled with growing concerns about the environment, nature sports have experienced significant expansion and interest in both participation and academic debate. This book is a valuable resource for students and academics in fields such as alternative sports, alternative sport subcultures, sport philosophy, sport and social issues, ethics, and phenomenology. It is also a fascinating read for outdoor educators and practitioners. The chapters in this book were originally published as special issues in Annals of Leisure Research.

Author : Marion Vannier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192562878
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Normalizing Extreme Imprisonment written by Marion Vannier and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical, theoretical, and empirical examination of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) is long overdue. This book presents a unique case study of the 'normalization' of LWOP. More specifically, it explores the ties between LWOP's normalization and death penalty abolitionism, using California as a case study. Drawing on rich empirical research, it brings together relevant literature in criminology, the sociology of punishment, social policy, and sentencing to provide insights into the nature of American penal politics, the role of progressive pressure groups, and the relationship between life imprisonment and capital punishment. This study investigates the extent to which members of civil society who challenge capital punishment (lawyers, non-profit organizations, and lobbyists) have helped normalize LWOP by fostering the belief that it is humane and merciful. The monograph focuses on three domains where anti-death penalty activists have lobbied, campaigned, pled for, and agreed to LWOP; Congress, the political sphere, and courtrooms. For each domain, the book teases out the motivations of the main actors and agencies involved. It analyses the constraints under which they considered themselves to be operating, and the relationship between these motivations and the broad social, legal, and political environment in which they unfolded. Particular attention is paid to actors' understandings of the concepts of 'life' and 'death' in punishment. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

Author : Godfrey Baldacchino
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136404171
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands written by Godfrey Baldacchino and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-11 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a pioneering investigation of the tourism practices in the world's other, cold water, islands. Located in extreme latitudes and subject to extreme weather conditions, these islands have been developing their tourism appeal in manners that appear sustainable. They present themselves in images that speak to the pristine, unique and superlative aspects of their natural environment, history and culture. Limited seasonality, difficulty of access, restricted infrastructure, harsh climates and water too cold to swim in, are integral features of the tourism industry, often welcomed as appropriate filters to the slide to the mass market. The collection contains 13 island case studies. A set of seven hail from Northern latitudes: Baffin (Nunavut, Canada), Banks (Northwest Territories, Canada), Greenland/ Kaalaalit Nunaat, Iceland, Luleå (Sweden), Nunivak (Alaska), Solovetsky (Russia) and Svalbard (Norway). A second set of four cover the Southerly islands of Chatham (New Zealand), Falklands, Macquarie (Australia) and Stewart (New Zealand). Two other chapters discuss islands from the particular vantage points of cruise ship tourism, one for the Arctic region and one for the Antarctic. Additionally, five conceptual chapters provide insights into key tourism management issues, as they apply to cold water island experiences:(a) human resources; (b) environment; (c) promotion; (d) seasonality; and (e) access.

Author : Pascal Lièvre
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119662982
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Management of Extreme Situations written by Pascal Lièvre and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the rise of various forms of the extreme in economies, organizations and societies (such as disruptive innovation, climate emergency, financial crisis, high-risk sport, etc.), an ambitious 21st century program sets the agenda of management sciences around the unknown, disruption, uncertainty and risk. Management of Extreme Situations presents the research results from the conference organized at the Cerisy-la-Salle International Cultural Center, France, in 2016. It testifies to the existence of an international community that brings together, around management sciences, various disciplines studying the management concept of extreme situations. Through the analysis of varied contexts (polar and mountain expeditions, fire rescue services, exploration projects in the military field, creative industries, etc.), this book offers an initial grammar of the extreme. It presents a heuristic for the management of these situations – particularly in terms of sensemaking, ambidexterity and knowledge expansion.