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This outstanding reference work is the first English-language A-Z
compendium on all topics related to mountains, including
geological, geographical, and zoological terms, as well as many
entries on significant explorers, surveyors, mountaineers, rock
climbers, and skiers. Numerous entries also cover related pursuits
such as logging, mining, skiing, climbing, and mountaineering.
Definitions, explanations, and clarifications are contained in more
than 2,300 entries that vary in length from a brief sentence to
detailed overviews of more complex subjects. The Mountain
Encyclopedia is invaluable as a source of data and information, but
it is also enjoyable to read straight through. Featuring 400
breathtaking color photographs of mountains, volcanoes, animal and
plant life on mountains, rock and ice formations, and historic
shots of climbers and expeditions, outdoor enthusiasts and all
others who are interested in mountains will find this a beautiful
reference work as well as an engaging read. Black-and-white
historical images, technical drawings, and typographical maps of
mountains throughout the world illustrate many of the detailed
entries. Notable is the fact that many of the entries and
photographs are based on the authors' first-hand experiences
skiing, hiking, bouldering, climbing, and mountaineering throughout
the world to obtain the extraordinary images and data. For readers
who are fascinated by facts and figures, listings of the world's
1,000 highest peaks, 4,000-meter peaks in the Alps, 6,000-meter
peaks in the Andes, North America's 14,000-Footers, the world's
highest volcanoes, major unclimbed peaks above 7,000-meters, and
the high points in the 50 United States and the 13 Canadian
provinces and territories conclude this essential manual to the
mountains.
Tremendous technological developments and rapid progress in theory have opened a new area of modern physics called high-field electrodynamics: the systematic study of the interaction of relativistic electrons or positrons with ultrahigh-intensity, coherent electromagnetic radiation.
This advanced undergraduate/graduate-level text provides a detailed introduction to high-field electrodynamics, from its fundamentals to some of its important modern applications. The author describes a broad collection of theoretical techniques, and where possible, approaches derivations by at least two different routes to yield deeper physical insight and a wider range of mathematical and physical techniques. He also discusses some of the outstanding ramifications of electrodynamics in areas ranging from quantum optics, squeezed states, and the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox to rotating black holes, non-Abelian gauge field theories, and the Bohm-Aharanov effect.
High-Field Electrodynamics gives a comprehensive description of the theoretical tools needed to approach this novel discipline. It highlights important modern applications and serves as a starting point for more advanced and specialized research at the frontiers of modern physics.
Deadly Peaks is a collection of the most notable mountaineering
disasters and near-disasters in history. Exhaustively researched by
two of the most respected authorities on mountaineering history,
the book is structured in a unique way: Longer recitations in
chronological order followed by a group of briefer narratives,
which all offer an intimate glimpse into the worst case-scenarios
high altitude adventure can offer.
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