Now You Know Disasters : The Little Book of Answers PDF
by Doug Lennox
Part of the Now You Know series
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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 worlds worst airplane crash?
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:Dundurn
- Publication Date:26/03/2008
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- ISBN:9781770703315
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:Dundurn
- Publication Date:26/03/2008
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- ISBN:9781770703315
