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Clouds: Nature and Culture by Richard Hamblyn
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Earth
Clouds have been objects of delight and fascination throughout human history; their fleeting magnificence and endless variety have inspired scientists and daydreamers alike. Clouds and the ever-changing patterns they create have long symbolized the restlessness and unpredictability of nature. Life witho ...Show more
Extraordinary Clouds: Skies of the Unexpected from the Beautiful to the Bizarre by Richard Hamblyn
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Discover the amazing and unexpected world of clouds with this inspiring collection of images. Richard Hamblyn offers a selection of some of the most startling and unusual cloud formations, from the uniform streaks of 'cloud streets' to the odd bulbous 'lenticularis' that are commonly mistaken for UFOs. ...Show more
Extraordinary Weather: Wonders of the Atmosphere from Dust Storms to Lighting Strikes by Richard Hamblyn
Category: Science
Discover the amazing world of freak weather with this incredible collection of images. Richard Hamblyn offers a selection of truly breathtaking weather phenomena, from the beautiful snow rollers that form on icy rooftops to awe-inspiring displays of volcanic lightning. Each stunning photograph is accomp ...Show more
MET Office Pocket Cloud Book by Richard Hamblyn
Category: Science & Natural History
This is a beautifully illustrated, but rugged and durable, pocket reference guide to clouds and cloud formations, helping you to identify every cloud type and understand its implications for the weather. "Met Office Pocket Cloud Book" follows a simple, easy to understand progression from low clouds to h ...Show more
Met Office Cloud Book - Updated Edition - How to Understand the Skies by RICHARD HAMBLYN
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Met Office
An updated edition of The Cloud Book, featuring 12 new recognised cloud forms. This guide to the clouds helps you identify cloud types and understand their implications for the weather. It follows a logical progression from low clouds to high stratus clouds, and on to special clouds, with a foreword fro ...Show more
Terra: Tales of the Earth by Richard Hamblyn
Category: History
Blending history, science and eye-witness accounts, and arranged in chapters corresponding to the four elements (earth, air, fire and water), "Terra" explores the relationship between the planet and the humans who inhabit its surfaces. Through four case histories - the Lisbon earthquake of 1755; the wea ...Show more
Terra: Tales of the Earth by Richard Hamblyn
Category: Science & Natural History
Blending history, science and eye-witness accounts, and arranged in chapters corresponding to the four elements (earth, air, fire and water), "Terra" explores the relationship between the planet and the humans who inhabit its surfaces. Through four case histories - the Lisbon earthquake of 1755; the wea ...Show more
The Art of Science - A Natural History of Ideas by Richard Hamblyn
Category: Science & Natural History
Science. Does the word fill you with excitement, or dread, or something in between? Science and the art of science writing can, and should, be something to get excited about. The extracts featured in this anthology span centuries and continents, but are connected by their authors' desire to understand, ...Show more
The Art of Science: A Natural History of Ideas by Richard Hamblyn
Category: Science
Science is about discovery, a journey towards knowledge. With authors as diverse as Galileo and Lewis Carroll, the extracts featured in this anthology span centuries and continents; they include startling revelations that changed the way we think and tackle more prosaic questions such as why the sea is ...Show more
The Pocket Cloud Book Updated Edition - How to Understand the Skies in Association with the Met Office by The Met The Met Office; Richard Hamblyn
Category: Gift Books
Learn how to understand the skies with this comprehensive pocket guide to cloudspotting.Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout history, their fleeting magnificence and endless variability providing food for thought for scientists and daydreamers alike.Clouds may have many individual shape ...Show more
The Sea - Nature and Culture by Richard Hamblyn
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Earth Ser.
Sailing across time and geography, the imaginary and the real, The Sea chronicles the many physical and cultural meanings of the watery abyss. This book explores the sea and its meanings from ancient myths to contemporary geopolitics, from Atlantis to the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Richard Hambly ...Show more
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