{"product_id":"hours-of-exercise-in-the-alps-paperback-9781108037822","title":"Hours of Exercise in the Alps (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108037822","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHours of Exercise in the Alps\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1871 account of climbing in the Swiss Alps was written by eminent physicist John Tyndall.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Tyndall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108037822, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 October 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e508 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn Tyndall (1820–93) was a prominent physicist, particularly noted for his studies of thermal radiation and the atmosphere. He was a prolific writer and lecturer, who was able to bring experimental physics to a wide audience. While researching his 1860 work, The Glaciers of the Alps, he became a proficient climber, and this work, first published in 1871, combines climbing expeditions in Switzerland with comments on glaciation and geology. It was extremely popular, with a second edition in the same year, and German and American editions in 1872. He was one of a group of noted Alpinists of the period, making the first ascent of the Weisshorn in Switzerland and finally conquering the Matterhorn in 1868, three years after its first ascent. This account of Victorian climbing expeditions makes fascinating reading, and shows the length an experimental scientist was prepared to go in search of knowledge.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the second edition\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the first edition\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Lauwinen-Thor\u003cbr\u003e 2. Disaster on the Col du Géant\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Matterhorn - first assault, with J. J. Bennen as guide\u003cbr\u003e 4. Thermometric stations on Mont Blanc\u003cbr\u003e 5. A letter from Bâle\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Urbachthal and Gauli glacier\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Grimsel and the Aeggischhorn\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Bel Alp\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Weisshorn\u003cbr\u003e 10. Inspection of the Matterhorn with Bennen\u003cbr\u003e 11. Over the Moro\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Old Weissthor\u003cbr\u003e 13. Rescue from a crevasse\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Matterhorn - second assault, in company with Bennen\u003cbr\u003e 15. From Stein to the Grimsel\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Oberaarjock. Adventure at the Aeggischhorn\u003cbr\u003e 17. Ascent of the Jungfrau\u003cbr\u003e 18. Death of Bennen on the Haut de Cry\u003cbr\u003e 19. Accident on the Piz Morteratsch\u003cbr\u003e 20. Alpine sculpture\u003cbr\u003e 21. Search on the Matterhorn: a project\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Titlis, Finsteraarschlucht, Petersgrat, and Italian lakes\u003cbr\u003e 23. Ascent of the Eiger and Passage of the Trift\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Matterhorn - third and last assault\u003cbr\u003e 25. Ascent of the Aletschhorn\u003cbr\u003e 26. A day among the Séracs of the Glacier du Géant fourteen years ago\u003cbr\u003e Notes on ice and glaciers, etc.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geological surface processes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geological surface processes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geological%20surface%20processes%20%5Bgeomorphology%5D%20%5BRBGD%5D%22\"\u003egeomorphology RBGD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266053656856,"sku":"9781108037822","price":42.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108037822i.jpg?v=1696746332","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hours-of-exercise-in-the-alps-paperback-9781108037822","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}