The tornado scientist seeing inside severe storms

"What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's...

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Main Author: Carson, Mary Kay (Author)
Other Authors: Uhlman, Tom (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
Series: Scientists in the field.
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Summary: "What if tornadoes could be stopped or slowed down? In this addition to the critically-acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, scientist Robin Tanamachi and her team are trying to come up with a way to predict tornadoes with even greater accuracy, and save countless lives across America's heartland."--
Physical Description: 75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Audience: Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71) and index.
ISBN: 9780544965829
0544965825
Author Notes: Mary Kay Carson and Tom Uhlman are married and live in a house surrounded by deer, hawks, woodchucks, and other creatures in Ohio. Mary Kay's other Scientist in the Field books include Park Scientists , The Bat Scientist , and Mission to Pluto .



Tom Uhlman has been a freelance photographer for 25 years. Tom's photographs are also in Park Scientists and The Bat Scientists.