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Just as there is love at first sight between people, Vaclav Cilek
writes, there can be love at first sight between a person and a
place. A landscape is more than a location, it is one party in a
relationship-even when the spirit of a certain setting is not
perceptible to those who visit. But whether we travel to experience
rapture or excitement, to discover truth and beauty, or to be
dazzled, we search for the essence of faraway landscapes to gain
perspective on our own place within the world. To Breathe with
Birds delves into the imaginative and emotional bonds we form with
landscapes and how human existence-a recent development,
geologically speaking-shapes and is shaped by a sense of place. In
subtle and lyrical prose, renowned geologist and author Vaclav
Cilek explores topics from the history of asphalt to the spirits we
imagine in trees, from geodiversity to the mathematics of
snowflakes. Weaving earth science and environmentalism together
with memoir and myth, his chapters visit resonant locations from
India to Massachusetts, though most are deeply rooted in the
river-laced, war-scarred landscape of Cilek's Czech homeland. These
reflections are accompanied by Morna Livingston's evocative
photographs, which capture the beauty and strangeness of natural
and human-made forms. The first book-length appearance of Cilek's
work in English translation, To Breathe with Birds offers
insightful perspectives on the symbolism of landscapes as we
struggle to conserve and protect the depleted earth.
Data on gravity reveal a fascinating world of otherwise hidden
phenomena, allowing us to "see" under the glaciers or beneath the
sands. This book deals with subglacial areas like Antarctica and
Greenland, as well as providing insights into features present
under the sands of the Sahara (such as paleolakes) or at the ocean
bottom (including a putative impact crater possibly related to the
biblical flood). It analyses both static and variable gravity
fields, and will help to distinguish the areas in which oil and gas
can be found with higher probability. The book will be of interest
to geoscientists, university students and teachers and others
interested in natural sciences, as well as prospectors and decision
makers across the globe.
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