College Geography

Office at Chaffey College: PS-103

My office is located in PS-103. (Physical Science building)
Office hours are (except summer):

Days/Hours:
T-Th: 12:30-2:00PM,
Wed.: 6-7PM (or 4-5pm depending on class)
Fridays: 12-1PM and other times as mutually convenient.

My office is in the SW corner of the Physical Science bldg. (around the corner).
I strongly urge you to make an appointment with me.
If I'm not in my office, please check PS-102, ZH-115 or the new Greenhouse.
Office phone: 909-652-6428
If you call, please speak slowly and repeat your phone number TWICE.
I usually check my voice mail several times a week.
I prefer you email me: prof@college-geography.com
Links to great books/authors:
Any book by Will Durant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant#The_Story_of_Civilization
Any book by Carl Sagan
http://www.carlsagan.com/
Robert K. Massie
http://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Alexandra-Robert-K-Massie/dp/0345438310

Best book on Tsar Nicholas II by Domenic Lieven
Nicholas II: Twilight of the Empire
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/680412.Nicholas_II
Great geo. films/dvds: Check out Netflix or YouTube
Out of Africa
I Dreamed of Africa
The Last Emperor* (China in the 20th century)
Amadeus
How the Earth was Made
The Killing Fields* (Genocide in Cambodia, 1970s)
Dr. Zhivago* (Russian Revolution)
Lawrence of Arabia* (Creation of modern Middle East)
Cosmos (C. Sagan)
Cosmos (2014)
Gandhi* (Independence of India)
The Blue Planet
Hawaii
Tale of Two Cities
Byzantium
Faces of Earth
Nicholas and Alexandra
The Far Pavilions (British Raj-India)
* Films recommended in class
My travel blog about Russia:
To see my travel log to Russia:
http://chaffey-russia.blogspot.com/

Heroes of Geography/Science

Google these names:

Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Library of Alexandria, Hypatia, Dr. Wladimir Koppen, Dr. Alfred Wegener, Milutin Milankovitch, Alexander von Humboldt, C. Darwin, James Hutton, Sir Isaac Newton, Wilson Cycles, Galileo, Torricelli, Gabriel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius, Lord Kelvin, Marie Curie, Edwin Hubble, Hipparchus, Carl Sauer...

Carl Sagan author of COSMOS

http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Carl-Sagan/dp/0345331354/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243392061&sr=8-2

The film "Agora" is about Hypatia, the last pagan scientist of the Library of Alexandria, c. 380 AD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50zEun07b4

Hypatia-Head of the Library of Alexandria c. 380 AD