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Memories & reflections : the life, work and observations of an agricultural and environmental scientist / Daniel Hillel.
LIBRA S417.H55 A3 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hillel, Daniel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hillel, Daniel--Anecdotes.
- Hillel, Daniel.
- Agriculturists--Israel--Anecdotes.
- Agriculturists.
- Agriculture--Environmental aspects--Anecdotes.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Environmental aspects.
- Israel.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Memories and reflections
- Place of Publication:
- London : Imperial College Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A Family Odyssey 3
- Chapter 2 Childhood in Turmoil 7
- Chapter 3 My Grandpa 23
- Chapter 4 Agricultural High School 33
- Chapter 5 Education in the U.S. 39
- Chapter 6 Back in Israel 69
- Chapter 7 Establishing a Settlement in the Negev Highlands 79
- Chapter 8 Ecological Research in the Desert 101
- Chapter 9 David Ben-Gurion Visits and Joins Sdeh Boqer 119
- Chapter 10 Doctoral Research and Assignment in Southeast Asia 141
- Chapter 11 Postdoctoral Research in the U.S. 163
- Chapter 12 From California to Israel and the Six-Day War 177
- Chapter 13 Changes in Israel 195
- Chapter 14 First Working Assignment in Japan 203
- Chapter 15 Sabbatical in Wisconsin 207
- Chapter 16 The Yom Kippur War and Military Reserve Duty 221
- Chapter 17 Sabbaticals in Europe and the U.S. 231
- Chapter 18 International Assignments 243
- Chapter 19 Climate Change Issues 261
- Chapter 20 Outreach Publications 275
- Chapter 21 Culmination 279.
- Notes:
- Joint publication with American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1783265728
- 9781783265725
- OCLC:
- 902662612
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