150 full-color photographs, 352 pages, 10 1/4x13"
Hardcover with jacket
ISBN: 0-8109-3083-8
EAN: 9780810930834
US $50.00
December 2006
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Keepers of legend and witness to nature's greatest movement, mountains are regarded with awe and admiration by every culture that has these staggering wonders in its midst. In this stunning book, a geologist and a nature photographer provide a tour of the world's most spectacular mountain ranges, revealing their fascinating scientific origins and tracing their natural histories. Studying closely the young mountains found in the Himalayas and Andes ranges, and explaining why ranges like the Rockies are dying, the book's incisive text reveals the secrets of a mountain's birth, its endurance against erosive elements, and its march towards an inevitable demise. Illustrated throughout with breathtaking photographs, Mountains shows how these natural wonders are living creatures unto themselves.
Paul Tapponnier is a professor of physics and a director of the tectonics laboratory at the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris. In 2005, he was the only French scientist to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the U.S. Photographer and author Kevin Kling is a member of both the Royal Geographical Society of London and the U.S. Society of Women Geographers. Both live in Paris.
