Rain A Natural and Cultural History

Name: Rain A Natural and Cultural History
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ISBN: 9780804137096

ISBN-10: 0804137099

ISBN-13: 9780804137096

Edition: 2014

Authors: Cynthia Barnett

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A natural history of rain, told through a compelling, lyrical blend of science, cultural history, and human dramaIt is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report and the cause of catastrophic floods; and the source of all the world's water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Science journalist Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans to transform a fiery planet into a living one. It explains the science of it--the physics of a rainbow, the true shape of a raindrop--while weaving in the human history, from ancient rain gods and divining rods to modern flood walls and geoengineering.Rain…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/21/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.36" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English