Table of Contents
Foreword / Vivian Fuchs -- Life and the forces of nature / Martin Holdgate -- The air around us / P.J. Meade -- Thunder and lightning / John Latham -- Snow and avalanches / M. de Quervain -- Glaciers and ice ages / Valter Schytt -- Deserts, drought and famine / A.H. Bunting and J. Elston -- The flood of waters upon the earth / Norman Rowntree -- Volcanoes / E.A. Vincent -- Earthquakes and drifting continents / N.N. Ambraseys -- Satellites : a new look at nature / W.J. Campbell.