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Ball lightning / by Liu, Cixin,author.(CARDINAL)476284; Martinsen, Joel,translator.(CARDINAL)621834;
When Chen's parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier. While Chen's quest for answers gives purpose to his lonely life, it also pits him against soldiers and scientists with motives of their own: a beautiful army major with an obsession with dangerous weaponry, and a physicist who has no place for ethical considerations in his single-minded pursuit of knowledge. Ball Lightning, by award-winning Chinese science fiction author Cixin Liu, is a fast-paced story of what happens when the beauty of scientific inquiry runs up against the drive to harness new discoveries with no consideration of their possible consequences.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Physicists; Ball lightning; Military weapons;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13
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Ball lightning [sound recording] / by Liu, Cixin,author.; Martinsen, Joel,translator.; Ochlan, P. J.,narrator.;
Read by P. J. Ochlan.When Chen's parents are killed by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to studying it. The more he learns, the more he suspects ball lightning is an entirely new frontier in particle physics.
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Audiobooks.; Science fiction.; Ball lightning; Incineration; Military weapons; Physicists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ball lightning : A popular guide to a longstanding mystery in atmospheric electricity / by Boerner, Herbert,athor.;
Ball lightning is an enigma. These luminous objects that appear occasionally during thunderstorms and can reach several meters in diameter have been a mystery to science for about 200 years. Despite several thousands of reported observations, their nature is still unknown. In this book, well documented cases of ball lightning are described and used to unravel some aspects of this mysterious form of atmospheric electricity. Throughout the book, the author discusses the various facets of the problem in an accessible but rigorous style, delivering a readable and informative text that will captivate the curious reader. He finally reaches the surprising conclusion that the solution to this puzzle may have been hidden in plain sight for many years.
Subjects: Ball lightning; Science;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The mystery of the Tunguska fireball / by Verma, Surendra,1942-(CARDINAL)339964;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-267) and index.
Subjects: Ball lightning; Comets; Nuclear explosions; Tunguska meteorite.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ghosts of Berlin : stories / by Herzog, Rudolph,author.(CARDINAL)484000; Rault, Emma,translator.(CARDINAL)831553; Container of (work):Herzog, Rudolph.Tandem.; Container of (work):Herzog, Rudolph.Ball lightning.; Container of (work):Herzog, Rudolph.Needle and thread.; Container of (work):Herzog, Rudolph.Ifrit.; Container of (work):Herzog, Rudolph.Key.; Container of (work):Herzog, Rudolph.Ex patria.; Container of (work):Herzog, Rudolph.Double-decker.;
"In these hair-raising stories from the celebrated filmmaker and author Rudolph Herzog, millennial Berliners discover that the city is still the home of many unsettled-and deeply unsettling-ghosts. And those ghosts are not very happy about the newcomers. Thus the coddled daughter of a rich tech executive finds herself slowly tormented by the poltergeist of a Weimer-era laborer, and a German intelligence officer confronts a troll wrecking havoc upon the city's unbuilt airport. An undead Nazi sympathizer romances a Greek emigre, while Turkish migrants curse the gentrifiers that have evicted them. Herzog's keen observational eye and acid wit turn modern city stories into deliciously dark satires that ride the knife-edge of suspenseful and terrifying"--
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Short stories.; Fiction.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Weather : a book about pink snow, fighting kites, lightning rods, rains of frogs, typhoons, tornadoes, and ice balls from space / by Rupp, Rebecca.(CARDINAL)188256;
Includes index.The atmosphere: What's up? -- Wind: huffs, puffs, and hurricanes -- Sunshine: beams, burns, and blue skies -- Clouds: white sheep and little cat feet -- Rain: drops, drizzles, and downpours -- Thunder and lightning: Thor's hammer and Zeus's spear -- Snow and ice: frost, flurries, and blizzards -- Predicting the weather: cloudy with a chance of meatballs.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Weather; Weather; Weather;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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The field guide to natural phenomena : the secret world of optical, atmospheric and celestial wonders / by Heidorn, Keith C.(CARDINAL)761309; Whitelaw, Ian,1953-(CARDINAL)544113;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.Celestial phenomena -- Optical phenomena -- Atmospheric phenomena -- Electrical phenomena -- Geological phenomena -- Aquatic phenomena.Provides an illustrated tour through the universe's most theatrical and mysterious events, including eclipses, the Aurora borealis, St. Elmo's fire, dust devils, petrified forests, ball lightning, and salt lakes.
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Aquatic sciences; Astronomy; Earth sciences; Electronics; Meteorology; Optics; Électronique; Astronomie; Météorologie; Optique; Sciences aquatiques;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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When lightning strikes / by Nagelhout, Ryan,author.(CARDINAL)350196;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The gathering storm -- The bright light -- Top to bottom -- Thunder works -- Hair-raising stories -- Out of the blue -- Great balls of . . . lightning? -- Volcano lightning -- Thundersnow and more -- More strikes coming? -- Staying safe -- After the storm.
Subjects: Lightning;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Caillou. [videorecording] / by PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)309769;
Vroom, Vroom! Explore all types of things that go with Caillou, from trains and planes to boats and cars. Join Caillou on his first plane ride and as he explores, and helps steer, a big sailboat. Caillou also takes the subway with Mommy, watches a big bulldozer at a construction site, and rides the school bus for the first time.Rating: Not rated. TV-Y.DVD.
Subjects: Children's films.; DVD-Video discs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Caillou (Fictitious character); Vehicles;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lost in the Bermuda Triangle and other mysteries / by Ganeri, Anita,1961-(CARDINAL)317174; West, David,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.Bigfoot - Strange beasts - The search for El Dorado - Lost places - The Loch Ness monster - Lake and sea monsters - The mystery of ball lightning - Weird stuff - The Roswell incident - Close encounters - Lost in the Bermuda Triangle - Lost at sea - Mystery of the Mary Celeste - The missing - The Tunguska event - Deep impacts - A ghostly warning - The spirit world - Precognition - Mind power.Photographs and text combine to present ten true stories of famous mysteries, from UFOs and monsters swimming in the dark depths of Loch Ness to huge ape-like creatures and the Bermuda Triangle.4-8Accelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Parapsychology; Curiosities and wonders;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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