Tunguska
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Tunguska

A Siberian Mystery and Its Environmental Legacy

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Tunguska

A Siberian Mystery and Its Environmental Legacy

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series information
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Contents
  7. List of Maps
  8. List of Figures
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Note on Sources, Abbreviations, Terminology, and Transliteration
  11. 1 Landscape of Mystery
  12. 2 Destruction from the Sky
  13. 3 Reaching the Inaccessible Terrain
  14. 4 Poking and Prodding for Answers
  15. 5 Cosmic Fantasies
  16. 6 Volunteers Take Charge
  17. 7 Life in Tunguska
  18. 8 Protecting the Taiga
  19. 9 Views from Afar
  20. 10 Siberian and Planetary Futures
  21. Endnotes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index