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Jenny Randles and Paul Fuller, Crop Circles: A Mystery Solved Crop circles are extraordinarily round areas where grain or other crops have been flattened in a swirling pattern, but surrounding plants have been left unaffected. This phenomenon has been considered by UFO theorists as evidence for landings of alien spacecraft. In this book, the authors "set out to expose this 'alien delusion' once and for all, by unveiling astonishing new evidence that a hitherto unknown atmospheric force is responsible . . . Using established scientific techniques, they go on to argue that rare meteorological data—such as ball lightning and electromagnetic clouds—can account for all the classic cases of 'alien' literature, and signal the death of the UFO, as popularly conceived."
Robert Hale, 1990. 250 pages, hardcover. Used, very good condition.
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Martin A. Uman, Lightning“. . . until the publication of [this book] in 1969, there was a dearth of comprehensive scientific literature on the subject. And although there has been much active research since, no more up-to-date monograph has ever been published. . . . Written at the level of an advanced undergraduate in physics or engineering, the book’s remarkable clarity and minimum of mathematical notation make it accessible to the nonspecialist and of great use as a teaching resource or for self study. Dr. Uman, whose own work has contributed greatly to understanding the physics of lightning, has divided the book into seven chapters. Chapters 1-4 present a general introduction to lightning phenomena and terminology, lightning photography, electrical and magnetic field measurements and current measurements. Chapters 5-6 discuss lightning spectroscopy and thunder . . . and present a wealth of new and detailed analyses of the latest data. Chapter 7 clearly reviews existing theories regarding the discharge process from the special vantage point of a scientist well-versed in plasma physics.”
The book includes five appendices which update the work to the time of the Dover edition republication (1984), the last of which reviews experimental data and modeling. According the the publisher, this book “is not only a clear, authoritative exposition of the many physical phenomena associated with lightning, but the only single-volume inexpensive presentation of the material.”
Dover Publications, 1984. 298 pp., about 5-1/2" wide x 8" tall, paperback. New.
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Jim Woodmencey, Weather in the SouthwestAn overview of the southwest’s weather illustrated with gorgeous color photographs. Covers the topics of climate, temperature, and storm systems—with details on El NiZo and La NiZa, the jet stream, thunderstorms, cold fronts, lightning and thunder, the monsoon, flash floods, wind, sand storms, and dust devils. Interesting weather facts are interspersed throughout the book.
Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, 2001. 32 pp., illus., about 8" wide x 10" tall, paperback. New.
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