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Sermons (Paperback)
Abbot John Emery 1793-1819
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R537
Discovery Miles 5 370
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Originally published in 1987, this important synthesis represented
the first effort by modern scholars to convey the variety of ways
in which medieval scientists and natural philosophers used
mathematics and mathematical modes of thought to describe natural
phenomena. Eleven distinguished historians of science contributed
original essays on the application of mathematics to natural
philosophy, astronomy, cosmology, optics and medicine. The book is
a fitting tribute to Professor Marshall Clagett of The Institute
for Advanced Study, Princeton, for his significant contributions to
the history of medieval science.
'When an accident occurs, something may emerge of lasting value,
for the human spirit may rise to its greatest heights. This
happened on Haramosh.' The Last Blue Mountain is the heart-rending
true story of the 1957 expedition to Mount Haramosh in the
Karakoram range in Pakistan. With the summit beyond reach, four
young climbers are about to return to camp. Their brief pause to
enjoy the view and take photographs is interrupted by an avalanche
which sweeps Bernard Jillott and John Emery hundreds of feet down
the mountain into a snow basin. Miraculously, they both survive the
fall. Rae Culbert and Tony Streather risk their own lives to rescue
their friends, only to become stranded alongside them. The group's
efforts to return to safety are increasingly desperate, hampered by
injury, exhaustion and the loss of vital climbing gear. Against the
odds, Jillott and Emery manage to climb out of the snow basin and
head for camp, hoping to reach food, water and assistance in time
to save themselves and their companions from an icy grave. But
another cruel twist of fate awaits them. An acclaimed
mountaineering classic in the same genre as Joe Simpson's Touching
the Void, Ralph Barker's The Last Blue Mountain is an epic tale of
friendship and fortitude in the face of tragedy.
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