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Thirty-Eight The Hurricane That Transformed New England

Long Stephen

ISBN: PB: 9780300230673, ISBN: HB: 9780300209518, Yale University Press, October 2017
272 pp., 21x14 cm, 38 black&white illus.

The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England's most damaging weather event ever. To call it "New England's Katrina" might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Isl...

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Elements of Power Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age

Abraham David S.

ISBN: PB: 9780300226904, Yale University Press, August 2017
336 pp., 21x14 cm, 3 black&white illus.

Our future hinges on a set of elements that few of us have even heard of. In this surprising and revealing book, David S. Abraham unveils what rare metals are and why our electronic gadgets, the most powerful armies, and indeed the fate of our planet...

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Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology: Lab Manual Dynamics, Analysis, and Forecasting

Lackmann Gary, Tyle Kevin R.

ISBN: PB + CD: 9781878220264, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, August 2017
144 pp., 24.2x18.6 cm, 20 line drawings

The past decade has been characterized by remarkable advances in meteorological observation, computing techniques, and data-visualization technology. However, the benefit of these advances can only be fully realized with the introduction of a systema...

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Volcanoes Encounters Through the Ages

Pyle David M.

ISBN: PB: 9781851244591, Bodleian Library Publishing, February 2017
224 pp., 22.4x22.4 cm, 83 colour illus.

For centuries, volcanic eruptions have captured our imaginations. Whether as signposts to an underworld, beacons to ancient mariners, or as an extraordinary manifestation of the natural world, volcanoes have intrigued many people, who have left recor...

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Weather in the Courtroom Memoirs from a Career in Forensic Meteorology

Haggard William H.

ISBN: PB: 9781940033952, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, February 2017
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 halftones, 12 line drawings, 12 maps

As director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center in the late 1960s and early '70s, William H. Haggard witnessed an explosion in the number of requests from attorneys needing weather data for their cas...

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