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Revolutions in Bolivia

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This book describes many fun and curious adventures the author was personally involved while living in Bolivia a few decades ago. My wife and myself greatly enjoyed reading this and other books by this author. Fred Hendel is a physicist and writer who worked for years high up in the Bolivian mountains building a physics research facility doing experiments on cosmic rays, building a skiing station nearby the physics research center, training the first Bolivian Olympic skiing team, climbing many mountains, and exploring many aspects of Bolivia (e.g., casinos, university life, national politics, insurrections, revolutions, life in the mountains, city life, etc.) with great curiosity, passion, intensity and fun. Indeed, his books are great fun to read and communicate to the readers his zest for life, wonderful adventures, and interesting observations about living in Bolivia. The author has vividly described the wonders of living in the mountains, skiing them, and specially climbing them. Some of his photos were featured in Life magazine. His stories about his involvements in Bolivian insurrections are great fun to read. The author, originally from Austria, escaped WW-II, worked for years in Bolivia, earned a physics doctorate in Paris, and became professor of physics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a fine writer (and excellent photographer) with a keen sense for unraveling the joys of life, and a fine story teller of the many adventures he experienced.