Books in category Earth Sciences
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Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Publisher : Harpercollins
ISBN : 9780380713790
Who Killed The Dead Sea? Where was the Garden of Eden? What's So Bad About the Badlands? Get on board as Kenneth C. Davis, author of the acclaimed national bestseller Don't Know Much About® History, takes us on a fascinating, breathtaking, and hilarious grand tour of the planet Earth -- opening our eyes and imaginations to a wide, wild, and wonderful world we never knew.
Author: Norman J. Hyne
Publisher : Pennwell Corp
ISBN : 9780878148233
`For the personal glimpses of chaos theory development alone, this book is worth-while; for a clear, sharp development of the subject, the book is excellent; and for tying humanistic and scientific considerations together so well, there is a major debt owed to Lorenz.`--Geophysics
Author: Kendall Haven, Julian Stringer
Publisher : Libraries Unltd Inc
ISBN : 9781591582793
Renowned story teller, Kendall Haven brings his expertise as an oceanographer to the authorship of this third book in a four- book series intended for teachers to use with students in the upper elementary and middle school grades. It focuses on natural phenomena of the sea (tides, tsunamis, sea spouts, giant squid, killer whales) through the eyes of ancient myth and looks at the modern day science
Author: M.J. Lighthill, R. P. Pearce
Publisher : Cambridge Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780521104265
This volume presents a survey of our state of knowledge of the physical and dynamical processes involved in the Asian monsoon.
Author: Dimitry Schidlovsky, William J. Broad
Publisher : Fireside
ISBN : 9780684838526
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner William J. Broad takes readers on an adventure to the deep sea in the company of the scientists and explorers who are investigating the secrets of Earth`s last frontier. Illustrations throughout.
Author: Gotz Hoeppe, John Stewart
Publisher : Princeton Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780691124537
This delightful combination of science and history should be required reading for poets, pilots, artists, weather watchers, and anyone who ever marveled at the manifest colors of the sky or wondered why it is only sometimes 'blue.' --James Rodger Fleming, Colby College An absorbing study of historical approaches to the everyday fact of the blue sky above us, Gö tz Hoeppe's Why the Sky is Blue
Author: John P. Miller, Luna B. Leopold, M. Gordon Wolman
Publisher : Dover Pubns
ISBN : 9780486685885
This text is a pioneering work in the study of landform development under processes associated with running water. Part One focuses on the process of change in the evolving landscape, and the relation of geomorphology to field problems. Part Two contains studies of weathering, climate and such denudational processes as flooding and erosion. In Part Three, the authors cover geochronolgy, drainage p
Author: James R. Holton
Publisher : Academic Pr
ISBN : 9780123540157
This revised text presents a cogent explanation of the fundamentals of meteorology, and explains storm dynamics for weather-oriented meteorologists. It discusses climate dynamics and the implications posed for global change. The Fourth Edition features a CD-ROM with MATLAB. exercises and updated treatments of several key topics. Much of the material is based on a two-term course for seniors majori
Author: Dennis Tasa, Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward J. Tarbuck
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN : 9780131566842
To understand timely issues such as natural disasters and environmental challenges-and to evaluate solutions to related problems-the average citizen needs a basic awareness of the scientific principles that influence our planet. This trusted book makes an often-complex subject accessible to readers with a strong focus on readability and illustrations. Offers a meaningful, non-technical survey that
Author: Martin Hovland
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9781402084614
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Author: Georgina H. Endfield
Publisher : Blackwell Pub
ISBN : 9781405145831
By considering three case study regions in Mexico during the Colonial era, Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability examines the complex interrelationship between climate and society and its contemporary implications. Provides unique insights on climate and society by capitalizing on Mexico''s rich colonial archives Offers a unique approach by combining geographical and his
Author: National Air and Space Museum Staff, ANDREW K. JOHNSON
Publisher : Firefly Books Ltd
ISBN : 9781554072910
An examination of how satellite imaging, or remote sensing, works and 300 extraordinary views of Earth. The book includes a brief history and dispels popular misconceptions. This edition is full revised and includes new and topical images.
Author: Julian Sprung, Daniel Ramirez
Publisher : Two Little Fishies Inc
ISBN : 9781883693008
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Author: Tom Freeman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN : 9780470462430
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Author: Mick O`Shea
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN : 9781741148695
Upon first seeing its unforgiving rapids, 20-year-old traveler Mick O'Shea began dreaming of a solo expedition down the Mekong River, from its source in Tibet to the South China Sea. This exhilarating travel novel captures O'Shea's extremely dangerous kayak adventure into the unknown through remote gorges, terrifying rapids, and deadly whirlpools, past floating headless bodies, looming dams and te
Author: Bill Pritchard, Jeff Neilson
Publisher : Blackwell Pub
ISBN : 9781405173926
Adopting a ''global value chain'' approach, Value Chain Struggles investigates the impact of new trading arrangements in the coffee and tea sectors on the lives and in the communities of growers in South India. Offers a timely analysis of the social hardships of tea and coffee producers Takes the reader into the lives of growers in Southern India who are struggling with issues of value chain restr
Author: Kimberly Van Niel, Julie Delaney
Publisher : Oxford Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780195556070
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Author: Rick Hudson
Publisher : Harbour Pub Co
ISBN : 9781550173536
Updated and expanded, A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia is a valuable resource for both the armchair geologist and the active rockhound, providing a rich deposit of information that will turn any trip into a prospecting bonanza.
Author: Julian Sprung
Publisher : Two Little Fishies Inc
ISBN : 9781883693022
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Author: Steven Buttling
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN : 9780415457453
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Don't Know Much About Geography
Author: Kenneth C. DavisPublisher : Harpercollins
ISBN : 9780380713790
Who Killed The Dead Sea? Where was the Garden of Eden? What's So Bad About the Badlands? Get on board as Kenneth C. Davis, author of the acclaimed national bestseller Don't Know Much About® History, takes us on a fascinating, breathtaking, and hilarious grand tour of the planet Earth -- opening our eyes and imaginations to a wide, wild, and wonderful world we never knew.
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Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploeation, Drilling, and Production
Author: Norman J. HynePublisher : Pennwell Corp
ISBN : 9780878148233
`For the personal glimpses of chaos theory development alone, this book is worth-while; for a clear, sharp development of the subject, the book is excellent; and for tying humanistic and scientific considerations together so well, there is a major debt owed to Lorenz.`--Geophysics
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Wonders Of The Sea
Author: Kendall Haven, Julian StringerPublisher : Libraries Unltd Inc
ISBN : 9781591582793
Renowned story teller, Kendall Haven brings his expertise as an oceanographer to the authorship of this third book in a four- book series intended for teachers to use with students in the upper elementary and middle school grades. It focuses on natural phenomena of the sea (tides, tsunamis, sea spouts, giant squid, killer whales) through the eyes of ancient myth and looks at the modern day science
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Monsoon Dynamics (Paperback)
Author: M.J. Lighthill, R. P. PearcePublisher : Cambridge Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780521104265
This volume presents a survey of our state of knowledge of the physical and dynamical processes involved in the Asian monsoon.
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The Universe Below (Paperback)
Author: Dimitry Schidlovsky, William J. BroadPublisher : Fireside
ISBN : 9780684838526
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner William J. Broad takes readers on an adventure to the deep sea in the company of the scientists and explorers who are investigating the secrets of Earth`s last frontier. Illustrations throughout.
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Why the Sky Is Blue
Author: Gotz Hoeppe, John StewartPublisher : Princeton Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780691124537
This delightful combination of science and history should be required reading for poets, pilots, artists, weather watchers, and anyone who ever marveled at the manifest colors of the sky or wondered why it is only sometimes 'blue.' --James Rodger Fleming, Colby College An absorbing study of historical approaches to the everyday fact of the blue sky above us, Gö tz Hoeppe's Why the Sky is Blue
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Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology (Paperback)
Author: John P. Miller, Luna B. Leopold, M. Gordon WolmanPublisher : Dover Pubns
ISBN : 9780486685885
This text is a pioneering work in the study of landform development under processes associated with running water. Part One focuses on the process of change in the evolving landscape, and the relation of geomorphology to field problems. Part Two contains studies of weathering, climate and such denudational processes as flooding and erosion. In Part Three, the authors cover geochronolgy, drainage p
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An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology
Author: James R. HoltonPublisher : Academic Pr
ISBN : 9780123540157
This revised text presents a cogent explanation of the fundamentals of meteorology, and explains storm dynamics for weather-oriented meteorologists. It discusses climate dynamics and the implications posed for global change. The Fourth Edition features a CD-ROM with MATLAB. exercises and updated treatments of several key topics. Much of the material is based on a two-term course for seniors majori
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Earth
Author: Dennis Tasa, Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward J. TarbuckPublisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN : 9780131566842
To understand timely issues such as natural disasters and environmental challenges-and to evaluate solutions to related problems-the average citizen needs a basic awareness of the scientific principles that influence our planet. This trusted book makes an often-complex subject accessible to readers with a strong focus on readability and illustrations. Offers a meaningful, non-technical survey that
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Deep-water Coral Reefs (Hardcover)
Author: Martin HovlandPublisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9781402084614
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Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico
Author: Georgina H. EndfieldPublisher : Blackwell Pub
ISBN : 9781405145831
By considering three case study regions in Mexico during the Colonial era, Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability examines the complex interrelationship between climate and society and its contemporary implications. Provides unique insights on climate and society by capitalizing on Mexico''s rich colonial archives Offers a unique approach by combining geographical and his
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Earth from Space
Author: National Air and Space Museum Staff, ANDREW K. JOHNSONPublisher : Firefly Books Ltd
ISBN : 9781554072910
An examination of how satellite imaging, or remote sensing, works and 300 extraordinary views of Earth. The book includes a brief history and dispels popular misconceptions. This edition is full revised and includes new and topical images.
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Invertebrates
Author: Julian Sprung, Daniel RamirezPublisher : Two Little Fishies Inc
ISBN : 9781883693008
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Geoscience (Loose-leaf)
Author: Tom FreemanPublisher : John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN : 9780470462430
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In the Naga`s Wake
Author: Mick O`SheaPublisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN : 9781741148695
Upon first seeing its unforgiving rapids, 20-year-old traveler Mick O'Shea began dreaming of a solo expedition down the Mekong River, from its source in Tibet to the South China Sea. This exhilarating travel novel captures O'Shea's extremely dangerous kayak adventure into the unknown through remote gorges, terrifying rapids, and deadly whirlpools, past floating headless bodies, looming dams and te
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Value Chain Struggles (Paperback)
Author: Bill Pritchard, Jeff NeilsonPublisher : Blackwell Pub
ISBN : 9781405173926
Adopting a ''global value chain'' approach, Value Chain Struggles investigates the impact of new trading arrangements in the coffee and tea sectors on the lives and in the communities of growers in South India. Offers a timely analysis of the social hardships of tea and coffee producers Takes the reader into the lives of growers in Southern India who are struggling with issues of value chain restr
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Geographical Information Systems
Author: Kimberly Van Niel, Julie DelaneyPublisher : Oxford Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780195556070
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A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia
Author: Rick HudsonPublisher : Harbour Pub Co
ISBN : 9781550173536
Updated and expanded, A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia is a valuable resource for both the armchair geologist and the active rockhound, providing a rich deposit of information that will turn any trip into a prospecting bonanza.
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Algae
Author: Julian SprungPublisher : Two Little Fishies Inc
ISBN : 9781883693022
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Piling Engineering (Hardcover)
Author: Steven ButtlingPublisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN : 9780415457453
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