Oliver E. Allen

Aar Gorge • Switzerland • Map: page 17, D-4 A glacier-fed river has sculpted this deep, breathtaking gash across a limestone harrier in the Swiss A Ips. From its source in the Bernese Alps to its conlluence with the Rhine, the Aar River winds northward through somé of Switzerland's loveliest...

DER SICH STANDIG WANDELNDE HIMMEL Der Himmel bietet dem Betrachter ein fortwährendes Schauspiel. Wenn im einen Moment noch kleine Cumuluswolken über ihn ziehen, kann sich im nächsten schon eine 15 Kilometer hohe Gewitterwolke über dem Horizont auftürmen. Der britische Schriftsteller John...

CHAPTER 1 Off the table and into the body What the stomach does The man with a lid on his stomach Why you need a liver Capturing the most nnportant mgredient: water A colony of busy, benign bacteria To the rescue: new drugs, new instruments Imagine the discomfort of poor Mr. Polly. The...

CHAPTER 1 A curious arrangement for living upright New ways to fix the frame A divinely built mansion Building strength into the structure The Importance of food Joints for a lifetime of flexibility Matched muscles for every movement Imagine a somewhat rubbery, irregularly shaped...