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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Twisting and Turning -- The Right Stuff -- Ropes, Wedges, and Waterspouts -- Path of Ruin -- Disaster in Joplin! -- Tornado Alley -- Outside the Alley -- How Strong Is It? -- Storm Chasing -- Be Smart and Stay Safe -- Glossary -- Index -- Websites -- Back Cover

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Spinning and Swirling -- Tropical Cyclone, Hurricane, or Typhoon? -- How Strong Is It? -- Katrina's Wake -- Katrina Strikes the Gulf Coast -- A 4 and A 5 -- Ike and Irene -- Hunting for Hurricanes -- More and More Power -- Be Ready! Be Safe! -- Glossary -- Index -- Websites -- Back Cover

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Rocking and Rolling -- Which Fault? -- The Richter Scale -- Haiti in Ruins -- Disaster in Haiti! -- China Quake -- California's Fault -- Deadly Waves -- Looking Below the Earth -- Practice Being Safe -- Glossary -- Index -- Websites -- Back Cover

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Out of Control! -- Water, Water Everywhere -- In a Flash! -- Floods from the Ocean -- Disaster in the Indian Ocean! -- Tsunami in Japan -- Again and Again -- The Johnstown Flood -- Watching for Water -- Keep Safe! -- Glossary -- Index -- Websites -- Back Cover

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Mission: Possible -- Chapter 2: Discovery! -- Hitler and the Nazi Party -- Investigating Atoms -- Hitler Invades Europe -- Fermi Wins the Nobel Prize -- The Discovery of Fission -- Chapter 3: Alert! -- Informing President Roosevelt -- Great Britain and France Declare War -- Splitting the Atom -- Hitler Marches On -- Japan Joins Germany -- Lawrence and Oppenheimer -- Hitler's "Final Solution" -- Chapter 4: One Theory Proven -- Attack on Pearl Harbor -- Roosevelt Orders an Atomic Bomb -- Groves Takes Over the Manhattan Project -- Fermi's Chain Reaction -- Chapter 5: X, Y, and W -- Choosing a Site for a Plutonium Factory -- The Lab on the Mesa -- Top Secret -- Bohr Escapes Denmark -- Building the Factories -- A Spy on the Mesa -- The Race Against Germany -- Chapter 6: Inside an Atomic Bomb -- The Secret Army -- A Community of Geniuses -- "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" -- The Allies Reclaim France -- Chapter 7: Final Preparations -- Hitler's Genocide Is Discovered -- The 509th -- Trinity Goes Into Operation -- Truman Becomes President -- Hitler Is Defeated -- The War in the Pacific -- Preparing for Fat Man's Test -- An Important Decision -- Chapter 8: Test Day for Fat Man -- Fat Man Goes up the Tower -- Little Boy Begins Its Journey -- Rained Out? -- Success! -- Chapter 9: Unleashing the Ultimate Weapon -- Truman's Decision -- Japan Responds -- Bombing Hiroshima -- Death and Destruction -- The World Learns About the Bomb -- Chapter 10: The War for Peace -- Japan Continues to Fight -- The Bomb at Nagasaki -- Japan Surrenders -- Surveying the Atomic Destruction -- Guilt Settles Over the Scientists -- A New Nuclear Weapon -- The Cold War Begins -- The Arms Race -- A Nuclear World -- Chapter 11: Trinity's Descendants -- The Manhattan Sites Today -- The Bomb's Lasting Effects -- The City of Peace.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Mission: Possible -- Chapter 2: Discovery! -- Hitler and the Nazi Party -- Investigating Atoms -- Hitler Invades Europe -- Fermi Wins the Nobel Prize -- The Discovery of Fission -- Chapter 3: Alert! -- Informing President Roosevelt -- Great Britain and France Declare War -- Splitting the Atom -- Hitler Marches On -- Japan Joins Germany -- Lawrence and Oppenheimer -- Hitler's "Final Solution" -- Chapter 4: One Theory Proven -- Attack on Pearl Harbor -- Roosevelt Orders an Atomic Bomb -- Groves Takes Over the Manhattan Project -- Fermi's Chain Reaction -- Chapter 5: X, Y, and W -- Choosing a Site for a Plutonium Factory -- The Lab on the Mesa -- Top Secret -- Bohr Escapes Denmark -- Building the Factories -- A Spy on the Mesa -- The Race Against Germany -- Chapter 6: Inside an Atomic Bomb -- The Secret Army -- A Community of Geniuses -- "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" -- The Allies Reclaim France -- Chapter 7: Final Preparations -- Hitler's Genocide Is Discovered -- The 509th -- Trinity Goes Into Operation -- Truman Becomes President -- Hitler Is Defeated -- The War in the Pacific -- Preparing for Fat Man's Test -- An Important Decision -- Chapter 8: Test Day for Fat Man -- Fat Man Goes up the Tower -- Little Boy Begins Its Journey -- Rained Out? -- Success! -- Chapter 9: Unleashing the Ultimate Weapon -- Truman's Decision -- Japan Responds -- Bombing Hiroshima -- Death and Destruction -- The World Learns About the Bomb -- Chapter 10: The War for Peace -- Japan Continues to Fight -- The Bomb at Nagasaki -- Japan Surrenders -- Surveying the Atomic Destruction -- Guilt Settles Over the Scientists -- A New Nuclear Weapon -- The Cold War Begins -- The Arms Race -- A Nuclear World -- Chapter 11: Trinity's Descendants -- The Manhattan Sites Today -- The Bomb's Lasting Effects -- The City of Peace.