Extreme Scientists

by Jackson, Donna M.

• ISBN13: 9780618777068
• ISBN10: 0618777067
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-04
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

When Paul Flaherty goes to work, he climbs into a four-engine WP-3D Orion turboprop plane and heads directly into the eye of a hurricane. Miles below, Hazel Barton's job in microbiology takes her to the depths of the world's most treacherous cave. And on the other side of the topsoil, way, way above the forest floor, Stephen Sillett passes his days (and sometimes his nights) in the canopies of the tallest trees on earth.Welcome to the work--and worlds--of Extreme Scientists. From the swirling bands of powerful hurricanes, to the depths of water-filled caves, to the crowns of towering redwoods, author Donna Jackson journeys with three scientists as they battle some of the earth's most intense conditions in order to save lives, preserve species, and help us to better understand the way our planet works.Three Scientist Featured:Hazel Barton, a microbiologist at the Northern University of Kentucky.Paul Flaherty, a meteorologist and flight director, Hurricane Hunters, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in Biloxi, Mississippi.Steve Sillett, an ecologist at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA.

Author Biography

Donna M. Jackson spent many rewarding days at Colorado State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital while researching ER Vets. She says that watching the highly skilled, committed, and compassionate emergency vet team in action inspired her work. An award-winning author of nonfiction books for children, Ms. Jackson holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder and lives in Colorado with her family.

Excerpts

Scientists in the Field .º.º. to the extreme!When Paul Flaherty goes to work, he climbs into a four-engine WP-3D Orion turboprop plane and heads directly into the eye of a hurricane. Miles below, Hazel Barton's job in microbiology takes her to the depths of the world's most treacherous caves. And on the other side of the topsoil, way, way above the forest floor, Stephen Sillett passes his days (and sometimes his nights) in the canopies of the tallest trees on earth.