Energy

Moving from rocket propulsion to falling meteors, this book looks at the powerful forces behind volcanic eruptions and wildfires. Vivid color images run throughout the text, many of them taken for this edition with modern imaging methods. The author revisits subjects readers may already know and approaches them from a fresh angle.

Feature sections go behind the scenes to introduce the scientists and specialists who study these phenomena, along with the practical difficulties they face in their work. The book is part of a series.