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Why the Earth Quakes The Story of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

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ISBN-10: 0393315274

ISBN-13: 9780393315271

Edition: N/A

Authors: Matthys Levy, Mario Salvadori, Michael Lilly

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List price: $20.00
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.30" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Preface
Introduction
The Cracked Egg
The Fire Goddess
The Mountains of Vulcan
Lisbon, 1755
The Birth of Seismology
Measuring Earthquakes
The Kanto Earthquake
Resisting Earthquakes
The Great Fault
Three Minutes in Anchorage
Precursors and Predictions
Seismic Isolation
Social Consequences: Codes and Public Policy
Risk and Preparedness
Echoes of the Big Bang
Glossary
Index