Rain : a natural and cultural history / Cynthia Barnett.
Rain : a natural and cultural history / Cynthia Barnett.
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Publisher
New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]
Call Numbers
G 2015/2521
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Language
English
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Physical content
355 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Origins -- Elemental rain. Cloudy with a chance of civilization ; Drought, deluge, and devilry ; Praying for rain -- Chance of rain. The weather watchers ; The articles of rain -- American rain. Founding forecaster ; Rain follows the plow ; The rainmakers -- Capturing the rain. Writers on the storm...
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Publisher
New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Cynthia Barnett's "Rain" begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2,203 miles of levees that...
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Rain : a natural and cultural history / Cynthia Barnett.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2015/2521
Record Identifier
74VK73Laxkzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK73Laxkzd
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ISBN
0804137110 (pbk.)
9780804137096 (hardcover)
0804137099 (hardcover)
9780804137119 (pbk.)
DDC
551.577
MMS ID
991022810739702626
