Experience the most devastating storms of the last fifty years through the eyes of the scientific visionaries who took them on and tamed them. For decades, the author, a pioneering meteorologist, has dedicated himself to saving lives by combining science, experience, and instinct. The struggle to understand nature's fury provides fascinating insights into the natural forces that shape our world, and the turbulent politics that influence our scientific establishment. Tracing the Herculean effort to improve weather forecasting and advanced warning systems, the author draws fascinating biographical sketches of the scientists behind the breakthroughs, such as Dr Theodore Fujita, creator of the Fujita Scale for tornado measurement. With its gripping story-telling approach to major natural disasters, "Warnings" is narrative non-fiction at its heart-pounding best.
- ISBN10 1608320340
- ISBN13 9781608320349
- Publish Date 1 May 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Greenleaf Book Group LLC
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English