Science on the Roof of the World: Empire and the Remaking of the Himalaya

by Lachlan Fleetwood

When, how, and why did the Himalaya become the highest mountains in the world? In 1800, Chimborazo in South America was believed to be the world's highest mountain, only succeeded by Mount Everest in 1856. Science on the Roof of the World tells the story of this shift, and the scientific, imaginative, and political remaking needed to fit the Himalaya into a new global scientific and environmental order. Lachlan Fleetwood traces untold stories of scientific...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009123114
• ISBN13: 9781009123112
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"