In "How Man Conquered Nature", Minnie Josephine Reynolds explores the history of human efforts to control the natural world. From the earliest civilizations to

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Excerpt from How Man Conquered Nature When we say man in this story, we mean men and women the human race. Just as when we say the lion is a fierce beast, we me

Frank Smythe's fascinating book Kamet Conquered tells of his successful bid to make the first ascent of Kamet (7,756 metres) in 1931. Through Smythe, an experie