Myth of Solid Ground Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith

Name: Myth of Solid Ground Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith
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ISBN: 9780143035251

ISBN-10: 0143035258

ISBN-13: 9780143035251

Edition: N/A

Authors: David L. Ulin

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Earthquakes are one of the great unsolved geological mysteries. Attempts to predict them have ranged from studies of Californias fault lines by USGS geologists to the work of an odd assortment of psychics and apocalyptics who base their sometimes startlingly accurate forecasts on everything from changes in the earths magnetic fields to the behavior of whales. The Myth of Solid Groundis a journey, both personal and cultural, through the world of earthquakes and earthquake prediction, one that seeks a middle ground between science and superstition, while also looking for a larger context in which seismicity might make sense. An excellent primer on the science of seismology, The Myth of Solid…

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List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.76" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Three April Earthquakes


The X-Files


A Brief History of Seismology


Earthquake Country


Before and After Science


Shaking All Over


East of Eden


The Unified Field Theory of Everything


The Myth of Solid Ground


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