Gain Dangerous Planet: Natural Disasters That Changed History Imagined By Bryn Barnard Conveyed As Interactive EBook
collection of events and effects, A brief description of various disasters in human history, Did a meteorite wipe out the dinosaurs and allow for human evolution Did an earthquake usher in the rise of Greek civilization Did a snowstorm help create the New York subway The answer to all these questions is a resounding yes! Over and over again, natural disasters have influenced the course of human history in ways great and small.
From the Great Fire of London to the Great Kanto Quake, Bryn Barnard describes ten key moments when natural disasters have played a significant role in shaping our history.
Highlighted with vivid and meticulously researched illustrations, Dangerous Planet demonstrates the mighty force of planet Earthand the role humanity must play in its survival Totally fascinating little vignettes, chockfull of derivations and interesting connections.
Just enough information. Way fun. Totally fascinating very short pieces about meteor impacts, typhoons, mudslides, volcanic eruptions, etc, that happened at just the right time to help defeat a particular enemy, destroy a crucial fleet of ships, and otherwise mess with human history.
If I were stillyears old, I would have loved this book, Its illustrations are fantastic, and the subject matter opens your mind beyond the shortsighted modern history that we myopically assume to be the status quo from this point forth.
In truth,years of modern recollection doesn't encompass give us a whole lot of insight on the nextyears our world operates on time scales much larger.
It's good to remind people that natural extremes have changed the course of history before, and will again,
That said, there are a couple times when Barnard's commonsenseometer failed to screen out some urban legends, For instance, while acknowledging that hail typical ranges from peas to baseballs in size, he passes along a story about an elephant sized chunk that purportedly fell in India.
Yes, there are
always outliers, . . but notstandard deviation outliers! We'll get a major earthquake again, to be certain, but not a magnitudethere are natural limits that bound disasters, and it'd be good to reign in some sensationalism before people start claiming that we've somehow neglected to notice planet sized bodies of rock that have earth crossing orbits in the nextyears ala Nibiru!
This book generally does well at expanding ones' mind to the possibilities.
It's geared mostly toward kids, but shoot, a collaborative project with some more in depth analysis and larger sample set, . . man, that's a good I'd love,
Cool book for upperelementary kids on the historical impact of natural disasters, Would England be in control of France today if not for a hailstorm Did a blizzard result in the creation of the New York City subway system Full of fun facts.
Bryn Barnard is an American illustrator and author, .