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The tornado scientist : seeing inside severe storms /

"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carson, Mary Kay (Author)
Other Authors: Uhlman, Tom (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
Series:Scientists in the field.
Subjects:
Tanamachi, Robin > Juvenile literature.
Tanamachi, Robin.
Meteorologists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Storm chasers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Tornadoes > Juvenile literature.
Women scientists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Meteorologists.
Storm chasers.
Tornadoes.
Women scientists.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Science & Nature > Disasters.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Science & Nature > Discoveries.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Science & Nature > Earth Sciences > Weather.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Instructional and educational works.
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Summary:"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."--
Physical Description:75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm
Audience:Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71) and index.
ISBN:0544965825
9780544965829