Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes by Oppenheimer, Clive
Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes by Oppenheimer, Clive

Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes

Meeting with volcanoes around the world, a volcanologist interprets their messages for humankind. In Mountains of Fire,...
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Author: Clive Oppenheimer
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Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes by Oppenheimer, Clive

Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes

CHF 36.46
Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes by Oppenheimer, Clive

Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes

CHF 36.46
Author: Clive Oppenheimer
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Meeting with volcanoes around the world, a volcanologist interprets their messages for humankind.

In Mountains of Fire, Clive Oppenheimer invites readers to stand with him in the shadow of an active volcano. Whether he is scaling majestic summits, listening to hissing lava at the crater's edge, or hunting for the far-flung ashes from Earth's greatest eruptions, Oppenheimer is an ideal guide, offering readers the chance to tag along on the daring, seemingly-impossible journeys of a volcanologist.

In his eventful career as a volcanologist and filmmaker, Oppenheimer has studied volcanoes around the world. He has worked with scientists in North Korea to study Mount Paektu, a volcano name sung in national anthems on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone. He has crossed the Sahara to reach the fabled Tiéroko volcano in the Tibesti Mountains of Chad. He spent months camped atop Antarctica's most active volcano, Mount Erebus, to record the pulse of its lava lake.

Mountains of Fire reveals how volcanic activity is entangled with our climate and environment, as well as our economy, politics, culture, and beliefs. These adventures and investigations make clear the dual purpose of volcanology--both to understand volcanoes for science's sake and to serve the communities endangered and entranced by these mountains of fire.

Author: Clive Oppenheimer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 09/29/2023
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780226826349


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/10/2023
Library Journal 08/01/2023 pg. 104

About the Author
Clive Oppenheimer is a volcanologist and filmmaker who has conducted fieldwork around the world. He is professor of volcanology at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Eruptions that Shook the World, and he has made two documentary features with legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, Into the Inferno and Fireball.
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