{"product_id":"9781412236645","title":"The Finest Peaks: Prominence and other Mountain Measures","description":"\u003cp\u003e This book challenges the precedent that a mountain's worth scales with height. It is a rational synthesis of new concepts that compel one to reassess the popular \"heightist mindset\". The concept of \u003cb\u003eprominence,\u003c\/b\u003e loosely defined as a mountain's vertical relief, is a stiff competitor to summit height for assessing a mountain's stature and relative worth for innumerable purposes.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The community of prominence theoreticians, list builders, and climbers has reached critical mass - suggesting publication of a book dedicated exclusively to prominence.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Revolutions are not overnight. The heightist mindset has minimally a 100 year head start. Eventually the climbing community will embrace prominence. For the mountaineer a prominence-based peak list provides fresh goals guaranteed to satisfy. A prominence-based peak list, regardless of geographic region, incorporates the most awe inspiring and diverse mountains.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter I introduces prominence, being defined and contrasted with altitude as peak list generator. Chapters II and III concern peak list production. Chapter IV reviews the history of prominence, including a compendium of prominence list builders and their lists. Chapter V is about prominence oriented peakbaggers and their accomplishments. Chapter VI entails prominence-derived mountain measures - submarine prominence, inverse prominence, proportional prominence, and dominance. Chapter VII concerns the advanced, prominence-derived concepts of parentage, divide trees, lineage cells, and more. Chapter VIII concerns alternative, objective mountain measures: isolation measure; peakedness and prominence density; and height \/ steepness combination measures - drop measure, cliff measure, spire measure, and ruggedness measure. Spire measure quantifies a mountain's subjective impressiveness due to great angularity. Chapter IX is a search for the largest prominence unclimbed mountain - grand goal of a future, summit-discovering expedition.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendices A to G cover various subtopics, the glossary defines over 300 terms. 48 pages of illustrations are included, with full-color versions on-line at  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  http:\/\/www.cohp.org\/prominence\/publication_2005_illustrations\/main.html   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A beautiful, hardcover edition with color illustrations is available,  and is highly recommended by book reviewers. ?  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  E-mail the author for pricing and   purchase information. \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Trafford Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138509979888,"sku":"9781412236645","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781412236645_p0.jpg?v=1763725857","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781412236645","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}