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Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
Steve Olson
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Description for Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
Paperback. Survival narrative meets scientific, natural and social history in the riveting story of a volcanic disaster. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages of illustrations; 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JJPN; JFFC; JKSR; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people died and the lives of many others were changed forever. Steve Olson interweaves history, science and vivid personal stories to portray the disaster as a multi-faceted turning point. Powerful economic, political and historical forces influenced who died when the volcano erupted. The eruption of Mount St. Helens transformed volcanic science, the study of environmental resilience and our perceptions of how to ... Read more
For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people died and the lives of many others were changed forever. Steve Olson interweaves history, science and vivid personal stories to portray the disaster as a multi-faceted turning point. Powerful economic, political and historical forces influenced who died when the volcano erupted. The eruption of Mount St. Helens transformed volcanic science, the study of environmental resilience and our perceptions of how to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
250g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393353587
SKU
V9780393353587
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About Steve Olson
Steve Olson is the author of Eruptions, Mapping Human History (a finalist for the National Book Award),Count Down, and other books. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Reviews for Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
With 1,500 potentially active volcanoes worldwide, this is an urgent reminder of the need for advances in the field.
Nature ... Olson is a gifted science communicator...
Physics World Steve Olson not only tells their personal stories, but also turns the tension between the science and the cultural assumptions at play on that day ... Read more
Nature ... Olson is a gifted science communicator...
Physics World Steve Olson not only tells their personal stories, but also turns the tension between the science and the cultural assumptions at play on that day ... Read more