Andrés Ruzo
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starbox | 3 andra recensioner | Feb 9, 2020 | Quick, interesting tale, hard to follow in places. It could use some editing, or cut'n'paste, as some areas seemed to not belong in the right spot. But, overall, worth a read.
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marshapetry | 3 andra recensioner | Nov 20, 2019 | Amazingly dull book given its fascinating topic -- natural geothermal springs causing a river in Brazil to reach boiling temperatures, and the obstacles to finding and verifying this phenomenon. John McPhee would have handled this a thousand times better! Can't believe this originated as a TED talk.
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bgavagai | 3 andra recensioner | Feb 3, 2017 | The Boiling River is a book based on a TED talk by Andres Ruzo. I’ve heard of TED talks and I’ve watched quite a few of them online. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. They cover a very wide range of topics usually interesting new discoveries and understandings about the world around us.
The Boiling River is about a river that is close to boiling, bubbling away in the Amazon. The two things that are so special about it is first, no one knew about this amazing place and people living in the area denied its existence. And even more impressive was the sheer volume of water that was flowing at that temperature.
The first problem Andres had was even finding out if it actually existed. He had heard about it in a story from his grandfather who claimed to know all about it. It was years later after he died that his interest in geology came to fruition, long after his grandfather died before he decided to look into the possible truth of the legend.
The people who he expected to know about such a place all claimed it did not exist, this included the countries geologists and the specialists in the oil fields. Eventually he spoke with his aunt to not only claimed to know about it, but had visited it years before, and knew the man ‘in charge’.
Even after he finally had a chance to observe the legend in his own right, he still worried and had misgivings. Because even though it was obviously a hot river and the locals claimed it had been that way for generations, he still feared it had been caused by the oil drilling. He needed proof that it preexisted the oil wells in the area.
A large part of this book was in Andres trying to find the river and prove it existed and then most of the rest trying to find proof it was a natural phenomenon. We follow his story from beginning up until he gives his TED talk and what he is trying to do to help protect it for future generations. It is a great story and is a fast and easy read.… (mer)
½The Boiling River is about a river that is close to boiling, bubbling away in the Amazon. The two things that are so special about it is first, no one knew about this amazing place and people living in the area denied its existence. And even more impressive was the sheer volume of water that was flowing at that temperature.
The first problem Andres had was even finding out if it actually existed. He had heard about it in a story from his grandfather who claimed to know all about it. It was years later after he died that his interest in geology came to fruition, long after his grandfather died before he decided to look into the possible truth of the legend.
The people who he expected to know about such a place all claimed it did not exist, this included the countries geologists and the specialists in the oil fields. Eventually he spoke with his aunt to not only claimed to know about it, but had visited it years before, and knew the man ‘in charge’.
Even after he finally had a chance to observe the legend in his own right, he still worried and had misgivings. Because even though it was obviously a hot river and the locals claimed it had been that way for generations, he still feared it had been caused by the oil drilling. He needed proof that it preexisted the oil wells in the area.
A large part of this book was in Andres trying to find the river and prove it existed and then most of the rest trying to find proof it was a natural phenomenon. We follow his story from beginning up until he gives his TED talk and what he is trying to do to help protect it for future generations. It is a great story and is a fast and easy read.… (mer)
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readafew | 3 andra recensioner | Aug 30, 2016 | Statistik
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- 3
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- 3.2
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Against his research, Ruzo observes continuing deforestation; not from the traditional culprits (the oil businesses operate to stringent guidelines) but casual loggers. He hopes sharing his discovery can have good, not detrimental, influences on the country.… (mer)