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Sto caricando le informazioni... National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather [AUDUBON SOC FGT NORTH AMER WEA] (edizione 1991)
Informazioni sull'operaNational Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather di David Ludlum
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ISBN 0679408517 / 9780679408512 What could have been a wonderful book was spoiled by a concentration on the freakish and the exceptional (are four photographs of mammatus clouds really called for?) and an annoying populist editorial perspective according to which the atmosphere is "our [sic] most valuable possession" (p. 23), nature is an artist and the sky overhead is "nature's canvas" (p. 155), and so on. These perspectives have their place, or places, but an Audubon guide shouldn't be one of them. Also unappealing, to me at least, is the disfiguring of the pages by right-justifying texts and wasting acres of space with enormous (1-1/4") left margins and tiny right margins (1/4"), unindented paragraphs, a number of charcoal pages, etc. etc. -- but these are common to the entire series and should no doubt be blamed on self-indulgent designer Barbara Balch, ( http://barbarabalch.com/ ) who has uglified many a book in her time by making its pages over-busy and self-attentive. National Audubon Society Field Guide to Weather is a very informative and fascinating book! It explains all sorts of weather phenomena and has amazing photographs of everything from clouds to storms to snow. The pictures are what make the book. Without the color plates, the text itself would be a bit dull. I also loved the diagrams and maps because they helped clarify the text. The chapters and sections were very clearly organized, making it easy to flip through. After three readability tests, I found that the text is at about a 10th grade level. This guide is perfect for meteorologists or anyone who is curious about the atmosphere and weather. Overall, it's an interesting book! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A field guide to observing and forecasting North American weather. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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