Nature/Science
GRÖNT ÄR SKÖNT (Green is Good). Av Gräs och Mossa Blommor och Löv Vidjor och Vass (Made from Grass and Moss, Flowers and Leaves, Branches and Leaves)
Author: Ågren, Katarina, ed
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Year Published: No year
No. of pages: 80
Illustrations: 122 Color Illustrations. 17 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9197251623
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 3699
Price: $55.00
Seeing flowers bloom, listening to leaves rustle in the wind, and breathing in the airborne smells of nature is always a delight. This guide entices all to participate in these sought-after delights through acts of picking, binding, embellishing, crafting, and simply handling all things beautiful. Detailed descriptions explaining how to make wreaths with fresh leaves and flowers, carve whistles from reeds, and construct animal figures from dried grass, constructing a live fence from willow branches, building a structure - reviving the ancient pleasure of participating in these gifts that nature has to offer.
HANS CHRISTIAN ØRSTED. Reading Nature’s Mind
Author: Christensen, Dan Charly
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Year Published: 2013
No. of pages: 742
Illustrations: 72 Color Illustrations. 86 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound with jacket
Size: 10” x 7”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 9780199669264
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl.
Code: 7073
Price: $29.50
Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851) is of great importance as a scientist and philosopher far beyond the borders of Denmark and his own time. At the centre of an international network of scholars, he was instrumental in founding the world picture of modern physics. Ørsted was the physicist who brought Kant's metaphysics to fruition. In 1820 his discovery of electro-magnetism, a phenomenon that could not possibly exist according to his adversaries, changed the course of research in physics. It inspired Michael Faraday's experiments and discovery of the adverse effect, magneto-electric induction. The two physical phenomena were later described in mathematical equations by J.C. Maxwell. Together these discoveries constitute the prerequisites for the overwhelming development of modern technology. But Ørsted was also one of the cultural leaders and organizers of the Danish Golden Age (together with Grundtvig, Kierkegaard, and Hans-Christian Andersen, his protege), and made significant contributions to aesthetics, philosophy, pedagogy, politics, and religion. Orsted remarkably bridged the gap between science, the humanities, and the arts.
IMAGES OF WEST JUTLAND - FROM SKALLINGEN TO NYMINDEGAB.
Author: Jepsen, Palle Uhd
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 132
Illustrations: 77 Color Illustrations. 29 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”sq
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8789834216
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 2966
Price: $110.00
A nature-photo book, this volume offers an introduction to the area between Skallingen and Nymindegab on the North Sea, a landscape which has undergone major changes in the course of this century. The various chapters try to express a balanced picture of the fascinating history and natural environment of this area, emphasizing the dynamic development of the landscape, the wildlife, and the uses to which man has put nature.
KLINGENBERG GARDEN DAY-BOOK 1659-1722, THE.
Author: Christensen, Annie
Country: Denmark
Language: English w/ German summary
Year Published: 1997
No. of pages: 291
Illustrations: 31 Color Illustrations. 19 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 13”x 10”
Weight: 6.00
ISBN: 8772457104
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 3163
Price: $75.00
A detailed 17th century garden diary. Paul Klingenberg, was a trusted confidant of King Frederick III of Denmark, whom he served as Postmaster General and as gardener, among a variety of other positions. Klingenberg began to keep a detailed garden diary, or day-book, in 1639, of his own impressive garden in Holstein. His son of the same name continued the diary after his death, transferring the location of his garden notes to his residence in Jutland. Both parts of the diary were written in German, and contain vast information on the purchases and import of plants, weather conditions, fruit trees and exotic flowers; the younger Klingenberg was preoccupied with exotic plants popular at the time, and built a hothouse of the very latest design. The original German manuscript disappeared in 1765 and was not found again until recently, in the Danish Public Records Office. The lavish new edition here is complemented with previously unpublished 17th century botanical drawings. This is a fabulous piece of gardening history, and a substantial addition to the library of any passionate gardener. A very ambitious tanslation.
MOLS COUNTRY, THE.
Author: Hansen, Vilfred Fridborg, Photography by Ian Lukins
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2005
No. of pages: 120
Illustrations: 73 Color Illustrations. 2 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10”x 9”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8790980174
Biblio/Bio: Bios.
Code: 5756
Price: $59.50
Those who have an eye for landscape are able to see the drama of the Ice Age relected in the hills and valleys of the landscape of Mols. The two bays, Kalø Bay and Ebeltoft Bay, have each been formed by a glacier and the material forced up between these two glaciers has formed the Mountains of Mols. The melt water formed gorges and river valleys, blocks of ice that were left have formed lakes and kettle holes. This book endeavours to find out some of the mystery surrounding the Mols country. Both how it was formed, what it looks like today, and what it has to offer if one enters it. Many exciting experiences await the visitor who has an open mind, especially if he or she combines this book with a walk or cycle trip, now and then possibly also a trip by car, into the landscape, using this book as a key.