123 records matched your query       

Author:

Carson, Mary Kay, author.

Title:

The tornado scientist : seeing inside severe storms / Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

75 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Subject:

Tanamachi, Robin--Juvenile literature.
Tornadoes--Juvenile literature.
Storm chasers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Meteorologists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women scientists--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Uhlman, Tom, illustrator.

Notes:

"Weather - Scientists in the field, where science meets adventure"-- cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-71) and index.

Contents:

A southern twist -- Storm chaser genesis -- Twister science 2.0 -- Scanning the skies -- A tragic year -- Setting a tornado net -- Future forecasts -- Words to know.

Summary:

"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Scientists in the field

ISBN:

0544965825
9780544965829

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1049575468

LCCN:

2018034811

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

ZIPA815 -- Auburn Public Library (Auburn) — J551.553 CAR

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

BSPB851 -- Colo Public Library (Colo)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning)

YUPD232 -- DeWitt Community Library (De Witt)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

KHPB566 -- Donnellson Public Library (Donnellson)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SBPB074 -- Dunkerton Public Library (Dunkerton)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

SDPB094 -- Janesville Public Library (Janesville)

XIPA157 -- Lewis Public Library (Lewis)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

PZPA094 -- Plainfield Public Library (Plainfield)

EWPB745 -- Ruthven Public Library (Ruthven)

BZPC851 -- Slater Public Library (Slater)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

KLPC566 -- West Point Public Library (West Point)