Book ID: CBB953024274

Tunguska: A Siberian Mystery and Its Environmental Legacy (2022)

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Bruno, Andy (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 324
Language: English

In 1908, thunderous blasts and blazing fires from the sky descended upon the desolate Tunguska territory of Siberia. The explosion knocked down an area of forest larger than London and was powerful enough to obliterate Manhattan. The mysterious nature of the event has prompted a wide array of speculation and investigation, including from those who suspected that aliens from outer space had been involved. In this deeply researched account of the Tunguska explosion and its legacy in Russian society, culture, and the environment, Andy Bruno recounts the intriguing history of the disaster and researchers' attempts to understand it. Taking readers inside the numerous expeditions and investigations that have long occupied scientists, he foregrounds the significance of mystery in environmental history. His engaging and accessible account shows how the explosion has shaped the treatment of the landscape, how uncertainty allowed unusual ideas to enter scientific conversations, and how cosmic disasters have influenced the past and might affect the future.

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Review Jennifer Keating (2024) Review of "Tunguska: A Siberian Mystery and Its Environmental Legacy". American Historical Review (pp. 1329-1330). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bruno, Andy
Caballero Sanchez, Raul
Christen, Arden G.
Christen, Joan A.
Clodfelter, Mark
Conway, Erik M.
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
American Historical Review
Archives of Natural History
British Journal for the History of Science
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division
University of Nebraska Press
Yale University Press
Gaspari Editore
Concepts
Disasters; catastrophes
Science and politics
Environmental history
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Explosives
Military technology
People
Digby, Bassett
Dorogostaisky, Vitaly Cheslavovich
Ptolemy
Wolf, Maximilian Franz
Palisa, Johann
Bohdanowicz, Karol
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
16th century
17th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Siberia (Russia)
Russia
Italy
Soviet Union
Canada
China
Institutions
British Museum. Natural History
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Natural History Museum (London, England)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Polish Institute of Mining Engineers
Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
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