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Rain : a natural and cultural history

text Rain : a natural and cultural history

Summary

Weaving together science with the human human story of our ambition to control rain, Barnett tells the story of rain-- elemental, mysterious, precious, and destructive.

Contents
Origins -- Elemental rain. Cloudy with a chance of civilization ; Drought, deluge, and devilry ; Praying for rain -- Chance of rain. The weather watchers ; The articles of rain -- American rain. Founding forecaster ; Rain follows the plow ; The ra... Read more
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Description
355 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher
Crown Publishers 2014

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 551.6 BAR in Adult Non-fiction Available

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