Auditing God's Books: The Word of God

Burke, William J.

Religion & Spirituality

Ancient Mariners Pr

This book describes how the landscape shaped the historical development on lands in the Upper Mississipi Valley. It begins in 1700 with the exploration by the French traders and concludes by describing hows the regged landacape shaped the location of railroads and highways.The lands described extend from the Davenport-Rock Island area to the Twin Cities. 
This book is the first to expore the locations of the early French trading road between the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. the French called this route, the Chemin des Voyageurs, meaning "the route of the traders". 
The book contains 159 photographs and maps, many of them early maps and survey documents. Ancient geologic processes are described as the basis for forming the scenic landscape which met the first explorers and town builders. The book describes the cultural basis for dispossessisng the Native Americans of their lands and their movement westward to make way for Whites.Early military roads and other early trading roads are described and mapped. There is a discussion of the American Land Ethic and the values associated with owning land going back to the historical origins of the Founding Fathers. The unique land settlement and land surveying methods are described. The book is part essay, and describes various cultural and environmental issues, values and challenges confronting the Mississippi River and its adjacent scenic lands today with future outlooks described.

The Upper Mississippi Valley : How the Landscape Shaped Our Heritage

Travel

United States

Mississippi Valley Press

This biography conveys the life and accomplishments of a Norwegian hero to the English speaking world, illustrating the beginnings of collaboration between science and industry. It shows how work in a small country laid the foundation for the green revolution.

Kristian Birkeland: The First Space Scientist (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 325)

Biographies & Memoirs

Egeland, Alv

Professionals & Academics

Springer

This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and space science of Carl Størmer (1874 - 1957). He was the first to develop precise photographic methods to calculate heights and morphologies of diverse auroral forms during four solar cycles. Størmer independently devised numerical techniques to determine the trajectories of high-energy charged particles allowed and forbidden in the Earth’s magnetic field. His theoretical analyses explained cosmic ray access to the upper atmosphere, 20 years before they were identified by other scientists. Størmer’s crowning achievement, “The Polar Aurora,” published when he was 81 years old, stands to this day as a regularly cited guide in graduate-level courses on space physics. The authors present the life of this prodigious scientist in relation to the cultural life of early 20th century in Norway and to the development of the space sciences in the post-Sputnik era.

Carl Størmer: Auroral Pioneer (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 393)

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and space science of Carl Størmer (1874 - 1957). He was the first to develop precise photographic methods to calculate heights and morphologies of diverse auroral forms during four solar cycles. Størmer independently devised numerical techniques to determine the trajectories of high-energy charged particles allowed and forbidden in the Earth’s magnetic field. His theoretical analyses explained cosmic ray access to the upper atmosphere, 20 years before they were identified by other scientists. Størmer’s crowning achievement, “The Polar Aurora,” published when he was 81 years old, stands to this day as a regularly cited guide in graduate-level courses on space physics.  The authors present the life of this prodigious scientist in relation to the cultural life of early 20th century in Norway and to the development of the space sciences in the post-Sputnik era.

This biography conveys the life and accomplishments of a Norwegian hero to the English speaking world, illustrating the beginnings of collaboration between science and industry. It shows how work in a small country laid the foundation for the green revolution.

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Auditing God's Books: The Word of God

The Upper Mississippi Valley : How the Landscape Shaped Our Heritage

Kristian Birkeland: The First Space Scientist (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 325)

Carl Størmer: Auroral Pioneer (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 393)

Carl Størmer: Auroral Pioneer (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 393)

Kristian Birkeland: The First Space Scientist (Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 325)