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Storm / by A.B.C. Whipple and the editors of Time-Life Books.
- Title
- Storm / by A.B.C. Whipple and the editors of Time-Life Books.
- Author
- Whipple, A. B. C. (Addison Beecher Colvin), 1918-2013.
- Publication
- Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QC941 .W53 1982 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Time-Life Books
- Description
- 176 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
- Summary
- Discusses major storms such as whirlwinds, hurricanes, thunderstorms and tropical storms and includes essays on some notable storms of the past.
- Series Statement
- Planet earth
- Uniform Title
- Planet earth.
- Subject
- Storms
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 170-172.
- Contents
- A preview of the end of the world -- Seeking the whirlwind's secrets -- A rush of discovery in Norway -- Hunting the hurricane -- Thunderstorms and their progeny -- Attempting to tame the weather -- Essays: The menace and marvel of storms ; The great Galveston gale of 1900 ; The blizzard that buried Buffalo ; The life cycle of a tropical terror ; Guarding against typhoons in Osaka ; An anatomy of thunderstorms and tornadoes ; Setting a snare for a superstorm.
- ISBN
- 0809443120 :
- 0809443139 (lib. bdg.)
- 0809443147 (mail order ed.)
- LCCN
- ^^^82000766^
- OCLC
- 8195268
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library