Background
Hillel, Daniel was born on September 13, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Morris Jacob and Sarah Frances (Fromberg) Bugeslov.
(Environmental Soil Physics is a completely updated and mo...)
Environmental Soil Physics is a completely updated and modified edition of the Daniel Hillels previous, successful books, Introduction to Soil Physics and Fundamentals of Soil Physics. Hillel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, one of the true leaders in the field of environmental sciences. The new version includes a chapter and problems on computational techniques, addresses current environmental concerns and trends. * Updates and expands the scope of Hillel's prior works, Fundamentals of Soil Physics (1980)and Applications of Soil Physics (1980) * Explores the wide range of interactions among the phases in the soil and the dynamic interconnections of the soil with the subterranean and atmospheric domains * Draws attention to historical and contemporary issues concerning the human management of soil and water resources * Directs readers toward solution of practical problems in terrestrial ecology, field-scale hydrology, agronomy, and civil engineering * Incorporates contributions by leading scientists in the areas of spatial variability, soil remediation, and the inclusion of land-surface processes in global climate models
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(An abridged, student-oriented edition of Hillel's earlier...)
An abridged, student-oriented edition of Hillel's earlier published Environmental Soil Physics, this is a more succinct elucidation of the physical principles and processes governing the behavior of soil and the vital role it plays in both natural and managed ecosystems. The textbook is self-contained and self-explanatory, with numerous illustrations and sample problems. Based on sound fundamental theory, the textbook leads to a practical consideration of soil as a living system in nature and illustrates the influences of human activity upon soil structure and function. Students, as well as other readers, will better understand the importance of soils and the pivotal possition they occupy with respect to careful and knowledgeable conservation. * Written in an engaging and clear style, posing and resolving issues relevant to the terrestrial environment. * Explores the gamut of the interactions among the phases in the soil and the dynamic interconnection of the soil with the subterranean and atmospheric domains. * Reveals the salient ideas, approaches, and methods of environmental soil physics. * Includes numerous illustrative exercises, which are explicitly solved. * Designed to serve for classroom and laboratory instruction, for self-study, and for reference. * Oriented toward practical problems in ecology, field-scale hydrology, agronomy, and civil engineering. * Differs from earlier texts in its wider scope and holistic environmental conception
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( As the crucible of life, the source and final resting p...)
As the crucible of life, the source and final resting place of everything that grows, soil inspires reverence not only in the peasant who derives his daily bread from it, but also in the scientist who contemplates its meaning as the place where life and death meet and exchange vital energies. Out of the Earth is the culmination of the author's long career in conservation. This history of man's use and misuse of soil and water combines a description of the complex inner processes that form soil with a lyrical assertion of its powers and significance.
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Hillel, Daniel was born on September 13, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Morris Jacob and Sarah Frances (Fromberg) Bugeslov.
Bachelor of Science, University Georgia, 1950. Master of Science, Rutgers University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1958.
Postgraduate, University California, Berkeley, 1961. Doctor of Science honoris causa, University Guelph, 1992.
Founding member, Kibbutz Sdeh-Boker, Negev Region, Israel, 1952-1956;
advisor land development, Government of Burma, Rangoon, 1957-1958;
head soil technical, Agricultural Research Organisation, Bet Dagan, Israel, 1959-1965;
head soil and water science, Hebrew U., Rehovot, Israel., 1966-1976;
professor soil physics and hydrology, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1977;
Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio State University, 1995. Visiting scientist Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Tottori and Fukuoka, 1972, 82, 90. National lecturer Sigma Xi, 1987-1989.
Consultant agricultural applications International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1971-1972, environmental department The World Bank, Washington, 1987-1990, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) of United Nations, Rome, 1995, Government of Jordan, Amman, 1995. Vice president soil physics committee International Soil Science Society, The Hague, Netherlands, 1964-1968, 82-86.
( As the crucible of life, the source and final resting p...)
(An abridged, student-oriented edition of Hillel's earlier...)
(Environmental Soil Physics is a completely updated and mo...)
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America (chairman soil physics division 1988-1989, distinguished service award 1995). Member American Geophysical Union.
Married Michal Artzy. Children: Adi, Ron, Sari, Ori, Shira.