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Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization
Andrew Robinson
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Description for Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization
Hardcover. Since antiquity, on every continent, human beings in search of attractive landscapes and economic prosperity have made a Faustian bargain with the risk of devastation by an earthquake. Today, around half of the world's largest cities - as many as sixty - lie in areas of major seismic activity. This book presents a scientific study of earthquakes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; RBC; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
A truly welcome and refreshing study that puts earthquake impact on history into a proper perspective --Amos Nur, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University, California, and author of Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God. Since antiquity, on every continent, human beings in search of attractive landscapes and economic prosperity have made a Faustian bargain with the risk of devastation by an earthquake. Today, around half of the world's largest cities - as many as sixty - lie in areas of major seismic activity. Many, such as Lisbon, Naples, San Francisco, Tehran and Tokyo, have ... Read more
A truly welcome and refreshing study that puts earthquake impact on history into a proper perspective --Amos Nur, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University, California, and author of Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God. Since antiquity, on every continent, human beings in search of attractive landscapes and economic prosperity have made a Faustian bargain with the risk of devastation by an earthquake. Today, around half of the world's largest cities - as many as sixty - lie in areas of major seismic activity. Many, such as Lisbon, Naples, San Francisco, Tehran and Tokyo, have ... Read more
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Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500518595
SKU
9780500518595
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About Andrew Robinson
Andrew Robinson has written more than 25 books on the arts and sciences. They include Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts, India: A Short History and Earthshock, which won the Association of Earth Science Editors Outstanding Publication Award, plus Earth-Shattering Events . A regular contributor to such magazines as Current World Archaeology, History Today, The Lancet, Nature ... Read more
Reviews for Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization
'Delightfully un-academic but thoughtfully structured ... thought-provoking' - Geoscientist 'Individually, these case studies make vivid reading, and collectively they tell a fascinating story about how seismology developed as a science' - Physics World 'Fascinating and fact-rich ... enlightening and intriguing ... innovative and persuasive' - The Times 'A truly welcome, and refreshing, study that puts earthquake impact on history into ... Read more