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Earth and the Environment – Bibliography for Adults
General
Angier, Natalie, The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, Mariner Books,
2008.
Sunlight and Shadow
Chiras, Daniel D., The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling, Chelsea Green Publishing
Company, 2002.
Ewing, Rex A., Got Sun? Go Solar: Get Free Renewable Energy to Power Your Grid-Tied Home,
PixyJack Press, 2005.
Golub, Leon, and Jay M. Pasachoff, Nearest Star: The Surprising Science of Our Sun, Harvard
University Press, 2002.
Gore, Al., An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can
Do About It, Rodale Books, 2006.
Kippenhahn, Rudolf, 100 Billion Suns: The Birth, Life, and Death of the Stars, Princeton University
Press, 1993.
Zirker, Jack B., Journey from the Center of the Sun, Princeton University Press, 2004.
Erosion
Castleman, Virginia, Erosion (Reading Essentials in Science), Perfection Learning, 2004.
Douglass, Scott L., Saving America's Beaches: The Causes of and Solutions to Beach Erosion,
World Scientific Publishing Company, 2002.
Downs, Sandra, Shaping The Earth: Erosion (Exploring Planet Earth), 21st Century Books, 2000.
Gifford, Clive, Weathering And Erosion: Looking at Landscapes, Smart Apple Media, 2005.
Julien, Pierre Y., Erosion and Sedimentation, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Zevenhuizen, Alexander, Natural Phenomena: Erosion and Weathering, New Holland Publishers,
1998.
Rocks and Minerals
Dennis, Daniel J., Gems: A Lively Guide for the Casual Collector, Harry N Abrams Publishing,
1999.
Dixon, Dougal, The Practical Geologist: The Introductory Guide to the Basics of Geology and to
Collecting and Identifying Rocks, Fireside Press, 1992.
Grabham, Sue, Backpack Books: 1,001 Facts about Rocks & Minerals, DK Children, 2002.
Matthews, III, W.H., Geology Made Simple, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982.
Murck, Barbara W., Geology: A Self-Teaching Guide, Wiley, 2001.
Staedter, Tracy, and Cathy Campbell (Illustrator), Rocks & Minerals Glb (RD Pathfinders),
Reader's Digest Press, 1999.
Blanket of Air
Bang, Molly, (Illustrator), Common Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We Share, Blue Sky Press,
1997.
Doyle, Jack, Taken for a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the Politics of Air Pollution, Four Walls
Eight Windows Publishing, 2000.
Houghton, John, The Physics of Atmospheres, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Sherman, Joe, Gasp! The Swift and Terrible Beauty of Air, Shoemaker & Hoard Publishing, 2004.
Wolverton, B.C., How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office,
Penguin Publishing, 1997
The Nature of Sound
Berg, Richard E., and David G Stork, The Physics of Sound, Prentice Hall, 2004.
Elliott, Lang, Guide To Wildlife Sounds, Stackpole Books, 2005.
Fletcher, Neville H., and Thomas D. Rossing, The Physics of Musical Instruments, Springer, 2005.
Friend, Tim, Animal Talk: Breaking the Codes of Animal Language, Free Press, 2004.
Rossing, Thomas D., F. Richard Moore and Paul A. Wheeler, The Science of Sound, Addison
Wesley, 2001.
Tocci, Salvatore, Experiments with Sound, Scholastic Library, 2001.
Websites on how we hear:
http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=anat/auditory-phys
http://www.mayoclinic.org/hearing-disorders/how.html
The Water Cycle
Ball, Philip, Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water, University of California Press, 2001.
Browning, K.A., and R. J. Gurney (Editors), Global Energy and Water Cycles, Cambridge
University Press, 1999.
Kandel, Robert, Water from Heaven, Columbia University Press, 2003.
Locker, Thomas, Water Dance, Harcourt Press, 1997.
Pearce, Fred, When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century,
Beacon Press, 2006.
Postel, Sandra, and Brian Richter, Rivers for Life: Managing Water For People And Nature, Island
Press, 2003.
Winds Aloft
Day, John A., and Vincent J. Schaefer, Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather, Houghton
Mifflin1998.
Gipe, Paul, Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems, Chelsea Green
Publishing Company , 1999.
National Audubon Society, National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Clouds and Storms, Knopf
Publishing, 1995.
Nelson, John A., Folk Art Weather Vanes: Authentic American Patterns for Wood and Metal,
Stackpole Books, 1990.
Pretor-Pinney, Gavin, The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds,
Berkeley Publishing Group, 2006.
Reynolds, Ross, The Cambridge Guide to the Weather, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Rubin, Louis D., Jim Duncan, and Hiram J. Herbert, The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book: A Unique
Way to Predict the Weather Accurately and Easily by Reading the Clouds, Algonquin Books,
1989.
Schoonmaker, David, and Bruce Woods, Whirligigs & Weather Vanes: A Celebration of Wind
Gadgets With Dozens of Creative Projects to Make, Sterling Press, 1992.
Finding Your Way
Burns, Bob, and Mike Burns, Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass,
Altimeter & Gps, Mountaineers Books, 2004.
Greenhood, David, Mapping, University of Chicago Press, 1964.
Hodgson, Michael, Compass & Map Navigator: The Complete Guide to Staying Found, Brunton
Company, 2000.
Kjellstrom, Bjorn, Be Expert with Map and Compass, John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
Sharth, Sharon, and David Wenzel (Illustrator), Way to Go!: Finding Your Way with a Compass
(Reader's Digest Explorer Guides), Reader's Digest, 2000.
Wilford, John Noble, The Mapmakers, Vintage Press, 2001.
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