THE TEN CLOUD GENERA
three levels of the troposphere to one scale, and the ten genera that live in them
THE VERTICAL PLANET
from the Challenger Deep to the summit of Everest · one scale, nothing compressed
TN, VA, IPS AND OLED
what differs inside the cell · and a paper describing each mode
THE FUJITA SCALE
six categories of tornado damage — and the two different winds assigned to them
GREEK LETTERS IN SCIENCE
10 capitals with a shape of their own, 14 twins of Latin letters, and what each one stands for
THE MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
ten reference minerals and five household probes: who scratches whom
THE PERIODIC TABLE
all 118 elements: symbol, atomic number and IUPAC atomic weight in every cell — blocks in colour, lanthanoids and actinoids offset below
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
eighteen decades of frequency · and how much of it the eye sees
RESISTOR COLOUR CODE
the bands, the tolerances and the preferred series of two standards
ROCK CLASSIFICATION
the three classes, 24 named rocks and the cycle that links them — after USGS and NPS
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE
five categories of hurricane wind — and how much more damage each next one does
SPECTRAL LINES
five gases on one wavelength scale, from the violet edge to the red
WHAT A TORNADO BREAKS
twenty-eight damage indicators — and the wind at which each one gives way
THE TREE OF LIFE
who sits inside whom · where animals, fungi and plants actually are