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03324aam a2200469 i 4500 001 E1D14584E97711ED8437380758ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230503010033 007 ta 008 220309t20222022enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022008915 020 $a 1108744397 020 $a 9781108744393 020 $a 1108840914 020 $a 9781108840910 035 $a (OCoLC)1290430169 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDX $d MTG $d LPZ $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-urs-- 050 00 $a QB756 T8 B79 2022 084 $a HIS010010 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Bruno, Andy, $e author. 245 10 $a Tunguska : $b a Siberian mystery and its environmental legacy / $c Andy Bruno, Northern Illinois University. 246 10 $a Siberian mystery and its environmental legacy 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2022. 300 $a xvi, 305 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in environment and history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-285) and index. 520 $a "In 1908, thunderous blasts and blazing fires from the sky descended upon the desolate Tunguska territory of Siberia. The explosion knocked down an area of forest larger than London and was powerful enough to obliterate Manhattan. The mysterious nature of the event has prompted a wide array of speculation and investigation, including from those who suspected that aliens from outer space had been involved. In this deeply researched account of the Tunguska explosion and its legacy in Russian society, culture, and the environment, Andy Bruno recounts the intriguing history of the disaster and researchers' attempts to understand it. Taking readers inside the numerous expeditions and investigations that have long occupied scientists, he foregrounds the significance of mystery in environmental history. His engaging and accessible account shows how the explosion has shaped the treatment of the landscape, how uncertainty allowed unusual ideas to enter scientific conversations, and how cosmic disasters have influenced the past and might affect the future."-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a List of Maps -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Sources, Abbreviations, Terminology, and Transliteration -- Landscape of Mystery -- Destruction from the Sky -- Reaching the Inaccessible Terrain -- Poking and Prodding for Answers -- Cosmic Fantasies -- Volunteers Take Charge -- Life in Tunguska -- Protecting the Taiga -- Views from Afar -- Siberian and Planetary Futures -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index. 650 0 $a Tunguska meteorite. 650 0 $a Meteorites $z Siberia $z Siberia $x History. 650 0 $a Unidentified flying objects $x Sightings and encounters $z Siberia. $z Siberia. 650 0 $a Human ecology $x History. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Environmental conditions. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bruno, Andy. $t Tunguska $b 1. $d Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022 $z 9781108887847 $w (DLC) 2022008916 830 0 $a Studies in environment and history. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230706015642.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20230602010636.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E1D14584E97711ED8437380758ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search