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Eruption! : volcanoes and the science of saving lives
- Title
- Eruption! : volcanoes and the science of saving lives / text by Elizabeth Rusch ; photographs by Tom Uhlman.
- Author
- Rusch, Elizabeth.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-381 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Uhlman, Tom.
- Description
- 76 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 24 x 29 cm.
- Summary
- An account of the work of volcanologists Andy Lockhart, John Pallister, and their team describes their life-risking efforts to investigate dangerous volcanoes that pose threats to more than one billion people worldwide.
- Series Statement
- Scientists in the field
- Uniform Title
- Scientists in the field.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 75) and index.
- Awards (note)
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Contents
- Sleeping giant -- Never again -- Mount Pinatubo -- To evacuate or not to evacuate? -- Volcano training camp -- How do you watch a volcano you can't see? -- Mount Merapi's next move -- The mystery of the missing ash -- What happened here? -- Living and working in the shadow of a volcano -- Volcanic vocabulary.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-381
- ISBN
- 9780547503509 (hbk.)
- 0547503504 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012034055
- OCLC
- 808990387
- Author
- Rusch, Elizabeth.
- Title
- Eruption! : volcanoes and the science of saving lives / text by Elizabeth Rusch ; photographs by Tom Uhlman.
- Imprint
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013.
- Series
- Scientists in the fieldScientists in the field.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 75) and index.
- Awards
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Added Author
- Uhlman, Tom. Photographer
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-381