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Can I read Now You Know Disasters: The Little Book of Answers (Now You Know, 9) on EtoBox?

Now You Know Disasters: The Little Book of Answers (Now You Know, 9) by Doug Lennox is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Now You Know Disasters: The Little Book of Answers (Now You Know, 9) about?

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and tidal waves, fires, mine cave-ins, bridge collapses, ship sinkings, airplane crashes, explosions, and plagues — natural and human-engineered calamity and catastrophe have many forms and guises. In Now You Know Disasters, Q & A ringmaster Doug Lennox showcases the what, why, when, where, who, and how of everything that's gone tragically and terribly wrong, past and present. How does a tsunami occur? Why do Canadian engineers wear iron rings? Who was Richter in the Richter scale? What was the worst freshwater ship disaster ever in North America? What is wildfire? Who was Typhoid Mary? How is "ring around the rosie" related to disaster? How did the Halifax Explosion occur? What was the world's worst airplane crash?

Who reads Now You Know Disasters: The Little Book of Answers (Now You Know, 9)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Doug Lennox
Publisher
Dundurn Group / Dundurn Press
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9781770703315
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Reference, Science, History

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