Weather: A Visual Guide - Hardcover

Hopkins, Edward J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0276428420 ISBN 13: 9780276428425

Publisher: Reader's Digest, 2004

Synopsis

Explores how weather works and its effects and includes diagrams providing explanations for interpreting weather signs, in a study complemented by aerial and satellite photographs, as well as up-to-the-minute information on extreme weather and natural events that predict the weather.

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Review

Hundreds of color photographs take readers above the clouds and inside snowflakes.

Chosen as one of the 'Best Books for Junior High and Young Adult 2005' by Science Books and Films.

Every page is packed with spectacular instructive photographs of weather phenomena and its aftermath... a visual delight.--Ralph Scott"American Reference Books Annual, Volume 36" (01/01/2005)

Accurate and useable... What really sets the book apart is its stunning visual impact. From cover to cover excellent photos.--Claudia Fetters"NSTA Recommends (National Science Teachers Assoc)" (03/02/2005)

Gorgeous... skimming through will make any layperson feel like an expert...graphics-driven book has appeal for reluctant readers and visual learners.--Beth Gallaway"VOYA" (04/01/2005)

Outstandingly presented. By following the illustrations in the text, a reader can gain a thorough understanding of weather... well written.--Paul K. Grogger"Science Books and Films" (01/01/2005)

Using never-before-published aerial and satellite photography, this book provides current information about a fascinating spectrum of natural phenomena. Hundreds of color photographs take readers above the clouds and inside snowflakes. Such images explain the forces that determine the weather from around the globe, from a Saharan sandstorm to an Antarctic blizzard.

Chosen as one of the "Best Books for Junior High and Young Adult 2005" by Science Books and Films.

A profusely and often beautifully illustrated guide to all things meteorological.--Charles Matthews"San Jose Mercury News" (11/28/2004)

Panoramic introductions... establishes for readers a factual and even aesthetic foundation for further research.--Gilbert Taylor"Booklist" (10/15/2004)

Synopsis

For thousands of years humans have tried to understand, predict and even control the weather. A topic of popular discussion, weather is also the subject of much scientific study. This book explains how weather patterns occur and shows how to interpret weather signs and charts. It reveals how climate determines landscape, and the remarkable adaptations of flora and fauna to sometimes inhospitable conditions. It highlights, too, the latest findings on climate change, global warming and ozone depletion, and includes up-to-the-minute images of world weather taken from space. This guide to weather presents the latest information in a dynamic and visual style that will enthrall and entice readers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Reader's Digest
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0276428420
• ISBN 13: 9780276428425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304