The Day the World Exploded

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From the engaging text to the wide variety of vivid visual examples, The Day the World Exploded immerses readers in both an historical and scientific adventure/5(10). This is the children's picture book adaptation by Dwight Jon Zimmerman of the book Krakatoa: the Day the World Exploded." Eruptions.

Explosions. Shock waves. Tsunamis. The almighty explosion that destroyed the volcano island of Krakatoa was followed by an immense tsunami that killed more than thirty thousand people.4/5. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: Aug Kindle Edition by Simon Winchester (Author)/5().

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: Augby Simon Winchester, was an informative read with an interesting point of view. The book starts off not by talking about Krakatoa, but with the history of the spice trade in the Sunda Strait.4/4(75).

That part of the story, the actual day the world exploded, is told in an excellent chapter titled "The Paroxysm, the Flood, and the Crack of Doom." After that, effects are tabulated, lessons are learned, and -- after a quick narrative of the author's own visit to Anak Krakatoa, the "son" of the original volcano, the book by: Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, Aug Simon Winchester (Author, Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher) Get Audible Free/5().

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: Aug The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano — Krakatoa/5.

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He and his patron, Dr. Morton, attempt to convince the Governor but he cannot bring himself to declare an /10(). Krakatoa - The Day The World Exploded: 27 August by Simon Winchester pp, Viking, £Author: Guardian Staff. The Day the World Exploded by Simon Winchester,Jason Chin Book Resume: Presents the story of the volcanic eruptions that took place on the island of Krakatoa inkilling thousands of people, destroying the island, and effecting the entire.

An erudite, fascinating account by one of the foremost purveyors of contemporary nonfiction, this book chronicles the underlying causes, utter devastation and lasting effects of.

From the ominous warnings leading up to the eruption to the wave of killings it provoked, here is an engaging and insightful look at what happened on the day the world exploded. Teacher’s Curriculum Guide. The annihilation in of the volcano-island of Krakatoa was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people.

Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined/5(60).

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: Aug Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people/5(60).

About the Author. Simon Winchester is the author of several books, including works of travel writing, history and acclaimed biography, including The Surgeon of Crowthorne ().The Map That Changed the World (), is the story of William Smith, the 19th-century engineer and father of modern geology; and Krakatoa - The Day the World Exploded: 27 Format: Paperback.

"Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded is in essence a scientific book, but written in the style of popular science that the general public is able to understand and to enjoy.

The book thus takes on a very novel-esque feeling and tone/5. Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people.

The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogotá and Washington. : Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded () by Winchester, Simon and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices/5(K). Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, Aug Simon Winchester Snippet view - /5(60).

The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa. The legendary annihilation in of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster /5().Find books like Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: Aug from the world’s largest community of readers.

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