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Managing Natural Catastrophies Viable Systems to Prevent Human Tragedy – the Hawai'ian Example
ISBN: PB: 9783593396217, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, March 2013
288 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 77 halftones
Natural disasters appear to be on the rise worldwide, their increasing frequency and far-reaching devastation demand the attention of society. But do natural disasters really occur more often than before? Globalization has led to more direct linkages...
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£56,00
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Watching Vesuvius A History of Science and Culture in Early Modern Italy
ISBN: HB: 9780226923710, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 19 halftones
Mount Vesuvius has been famous ever since its eruption in 79 CE, when it destroyed and buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But less well-known is the role it played in the science and culture of early modern Italy, as Sean Cocco revea...
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£42,00
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Our Magnetic Earth The Science of Geomagnetism
ISBN: PB: 9780226006598, ISBN: HB: 9780226520506, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
272 pp., 23x15 cm, 7 line drawings, 26 halftones
For the general public, magnetism often seems more the province of new age quacks, movie mad scientists, and grade-school teachers than an area of actual, ongoing scientific inquiry. But as Ronald Merrill reveals in "Our Magnetic Earth", geomagneti...
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£14,00
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Weather, Illustrated Graphics from The AMS Weather Book
ISBN: CD: 9781878220240, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, June 2012
0 pp., 0x0 cm
North America has some of the most varied and dynamic weather on the planet. Every year, the Gulf Coast is battered by hurricanes, the Great Plains are ravaged by tornados, the Midwest is pummeled by blizzards, and the temperature in the Southwest re...
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£37,50
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Korea A Cartographic History
ISBN: HB: 9780226753645, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
160 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 71 colour illus.
The first general history of Korea as seen through maps, "Korea: A Cartographic History" provides a beautifully illustrated introduction to how Korea was and is represented cartographically. John Rennie Short, one of today's most prolific and well-re...
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£47,00
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Deadly Season Analysis of the 2011 Tornado Outbreaks
ISBN: PB: 9781878220257, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, April 2012
120 pp., 21.8x14.2 cm, 10 tables, 10 charts
In 2011, despite continued developments in forecasting, tracking, and warning technology, the United States was hit by the deadliest tornado season in decades. More than 1,200 tornadoes touched down, shattering communities and their safety nets, and...
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£19,00
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Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology Dynamics, Analysis, and Forecasting
ISBN: HB: 9781878220103, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, January 2012
345 pp., 25.2x20 cm, colour illus.
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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£75,00
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British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment
ISBN: PB: 9780226302034, ISBN: HB: 9780226302058, University of Chicago Press, November 2011
272 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 halftones
Enlightenment inquiries into the weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions".British Weather and the Climate of Enlightenment" reveals how a new sense of the national climate emerged in the...
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How We See the Sky A Naked-Eye Tour of Day and Night
ISBN: PB: 9780226345772, University of Chicago Press, October 2011
224 pp., 23x15 cm, 66 halftones
Gazing up at the heavens from our backyards or a nearby field, most of us see an undifferentiated mess of stars – if, that is, we can see anything at all through the glow of light pollution. Today's casual observer knows far less about the sky than d...
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£15,00
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Osiris, Volume 26 Klima
ISBN: PB: 9780226253374, University of Chicago Press, September 2011
350 pp., 25.5x17.5 cm
"Climate is a rather elusive entity", wrote Helmut Landsberg in 1950 as he sorted out some twenty or so competing definitions. This volume of "Osiris" explores the complexities in understanding what climate means from a historical perspective. The vo...
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