Altitude ArchitectsAn exhilarating graphic novel about the thrill and the terror of mountaineering At 16, bivouacked on a mountainside beneath a sky filled with stars, Jean Marc Rochette has already begun measuring himself against some of Europes highest peaks. The Aiguille Dibona, the Coup de Sabre, La Meije: The summits of the Massif des crins in the French Alps, to which he escapes as a teenager, spark both exhilaration and fear. At times, they are a playground for
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they discover that science is for everyone—even squirrels
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Science writer Eleanor Spicer Rice frames the book with a lively text that describes the life cycle of ants and explains how each species is adapted to its way of life
