Everest: The Testing Place

By John B. West

High adventure, medical science, and mountaineering become one in this splendid book, a spirited account of a recent event that was unique in American medicine and in Himalayan expeditions. For the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070695024
• ISBN13: 9780070695023
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Science and Adventure Meet

A solid book combining the science of the lung with the adventure of climbing the highest mountain of the world. Dr. West writes with great clarity and flare, bringing to life the important experiments he conducted in one of nature's most fierce laboratories. This is one of the great scientific journeys of the 20th century and something every student should know about.