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Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature's Mysteries from Perilous Places (Scientists in the Field Series)

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Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature's Mysteries from Perilous Places (Scientists in the Field Series)

"Kids who need convincing that science isn't all white coats and test tubes will have their eyes opened here."Â --The Bulletin

- Smithsonian Notable Book for Children
- ALA Booklist starred review
- Audubon Magazine, recommended nature book
- Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Kids Books

When Paul Flaherty goes to work, he climbs into a four-engine WP-3D Orionturboprop plane and heads directly into the eye of a hurricane. Milesbelow, Hazel Barton's job in microbiology takes her to the depths of the world's most treacherous caves. And on the other side of the topsoil,way, way above the forest floor, Stephen Sillett passes his days (andsometimes his nights) in the canopies of the tallest trees on earth.

Welcome to the work--and worlds--of extreme scientists. From hurricanes tocaves to the crowns of towering redwoods, these scientists battle someof the earth's most intense conditions in order to save lives, preservespecies, and help us to better understand the way our planet works.
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Country USA
Brand Clarion
Manufacturer Clarion Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2014-07-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780544250031

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