Hurricane!
Robert Simpson (Ed.)
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Description for Hurricane!
Paperback. Editor(s): Simpson, Robert; Anthes, Richard A.; Garstan, Michael. Series: Special Publications. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Hurricane research implicates something more than science. It is the key to saving lives and mitigating economic damage. From the Galveston catastrophe of 1900, where more than 8,000 people died, to the economic devastation wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 in the United States, scientists have striven to understand and track hurricanes while charting their societal effects. Hurricane! Coping with Disaster tells the dramatic history of that effort by leading meteorologists—the men and women who brought hurricane science into the 21st century, and those who ... Read more
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series.
Hurricane research implicates something more than science. It is the key to saving lives and mitigating economic damage. From the Galveston catastrophe of 1900, where more than 8,000 people died, to the economic devastation wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 in the United States, scientists have striven to understand and track hurricanes while charting their societal effects. Hurricane! Coping with Disaster tells the dramatic history of that effort by leading meteorologists—the men and women who brought hurricane science into the 21st century, and those who ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
American Geophysical Union United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Special Publications
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780875902975
SKU
V9780875902975
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About Robert Simpson (Ed.)
Robert Simpson and Richard Anthes are the authors of Hurricane!: Coping with Disaster: Progress and Challenges Since Galveston, 1900, published by Wiley.
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