explosions

Explains the science behind different types of explosions, looks at some of the purposes of explosions, and includes fun facts, photographs, and a look at some historic blasts.

Oceanographer Dr. Carol Harmon calls upon her ex-husband and colleague Brock Garner for help when her research team discovers a deadly radiation leak beneath the Arctic ice that threatens the entire world.

After a quarrel over her decision to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and run for Congress, Nell MacDermott's husband dies in a boat explosion, and Nell, who has long possessed psychic gifts, must find out who killed him before she becomes the next victim.

At 3:17 on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown made up of London and New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the school's basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected until a flip of an electrical switch triggered a colossel blast that disintegrated one of the nation's most modern schools. More than three hundred students and teachers were killed and hundreds more injured. It remains the deadliest school disaster in U.S. history.

After a quarrel over her decision to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and run for Congress, Nell MacDermott's husband dies in a boat explosion, and Nell, who has long possessed psychic gifts, must find out who killed him before she becomes the next victim.

Dirk Gently searches for the god that might be responsible for causing a passenger check-in desk explosion at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport.

Provides an introduction to the field of forensics, focusing on the work done by fire examiners and arson and explosives investigators, identifying the skills, education, and training needed to do the jobs, discussing opportunities and future trends in the field, and including a look at typical on-the-job experiences.

This book presents step-by-step instructions for science projects using household materials, such as powder burst, the unpoppable balloon, 3-2-1 blast off, and the big squeeze.