{"product_id":"9781783265749","title":"Memories And Reflections: The Life, Work And Observations Of An Agricultural And Environmental Scientist: The Life, Work and Observations of an Agricultural and Environmental Scientist","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a series of personal recollections concerning the life and work of a leading American–Israeli environmental and agricultural scientist, whose wide-ranging personal and professional experiences span eight decades and some 40 countries around the world. It recalls a family's journey in 1932 from California to Palestine, and the events that led to his taking part in the establishment of the first modern settlement in the highlands of the Negev Desert (later joined by ex-Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion), and helping to innovate and apply efficient methods of soil and water management in irrigated and rain-fed farming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the years, Daniel Hillel has taught hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students at major universities in Israel and the US, authored over 200 original research papers and ten definitive textbooks that have been translated and published in several languages, initiated and edited eight multi-author books (including the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Soils in the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e), and served on advisory and research missions (sponsored by UN's FAO, IAEA, USAID, Canada's IDRC, and Germany's ZEF) to some 40 countries in Asia, Africa, South America and Australasia, and was environment and irrigation advisor to the World Bank. He has helped initiate and conduct research at NASA\/Goddard Institute and Columbia University on the potential impacts of climate change on regional and global food production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Hillel's life-long goal is to enhance the application of science toward the efficient and environmentally sound development of human, biotic, land, and water resources. For his multiple contributions to the science and the practice of enhanced and sustainable food production, Dr Hillel was awarded the World Food Prize in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Family Odyssey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildhood in Turmoil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Grandpa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgricultural High School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEducation in the U.S.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack in Israel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstablishing a Settlement in the Negev Highlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEcological Research in the Desert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Ben-Gurion Visits and Joins Sdeh Boqer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoctoral Research and Assignment in Southeast Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostdoctoral Research in the U.S.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom California to Israel and the Six-Day War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChanges in Israel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Working Assignment in Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSabbatical in Wisconsin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Yom Kippur War and Military Reserve Duty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSabbaticals in Europe and the U.S.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Assignments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClimate Change Issues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutreach Publications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCulmination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e General public interested in the biography of Dr Daniel Hillel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrank exposition of the author's life experiences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaders may learn and gain insight into the way an active scientist can develop an interest and involvement in cooperative research and action regarding human management or mismanagement of the environment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Imperial College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140126195952,"sku":"9781783265749","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783265749_p0.jpg?v=1763723008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783265749","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}