A Biographical Bibliography Explorers, Scientists & Visitors In the World's Karst 852 BC to the Present

• Main Author: Ballinger, Christine (auth)
• Other Authors: Shaw, Trevor (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Ljubljana ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2020
• Subjects: Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who); Geological surface processes (geomorphology); biographical lexicons; history; karst (geology); karst caves; karstology; speleology; biografski leksikoni; kras (geologija); kraške jame; krasoslovje; speleologija; zgodovina
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This is a very dull book. Like a dictionary, it contains only facts: facts that are not readily to be found elsewhere. People who are important in the study of caves and karst are known for what they did, what they wrote and whom they influenced. But as individuals they are often no more than a name...