The modern period of history is often considered to have begun with the Renaissance, one of the rare periods of genius in the world s history. This volume traces the Renaissance from its beginnings in Italy in the fourteenth century to its spread across the rest of Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Along with the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman writing, the Renaissance represented a new age in the fields of science, literature,...

Discusses such topics as the physical features, climate, plant and animal life, and environmental concerns related to the earth's polar regions.

This is an introduction to tropical storms and hurricanes with information on how they begin, when and where they occur, the damage they can do, and some of the worst storms of this century.