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Cargando... The Big One: The Earthquake That Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Sciencepor Charles Officer, Jake Page
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Jake Page does a very good job of detailing the history of the 1811/1812 New Madrid, Missouri earthquakes. While the book doesn't spend a whole lot of time on contemporaneous accounts of the quake, it does delve into the history of both seismology and seismologists. An interesting amount of space is given to those who have (erroneously) tried to predict major earthquakes and the their inevitable comeuppances. After Winchester's The Map That Changed the World, this is another good book on the natural sciences. A quick and informative read. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
In the early 1800s a series of gargantuan earth tremors seized the American frontier. Tremendous roars and flashes of eerie light accompanied huge spouts of water and gas. Six-foot-high waterfalls appeared in the Mississippi River, thousands of trees exploded, and some 1,500 people -- in what was then a sparsely populated wilderness -- were killed. A region the size of Texas, centered in Missouri and Arkansas, was rent apart, and the tremors reached as far as Montreal. Forget the 1906 earthquake -- this set of quakes constituted the Big One. The United States would face certain catastrophe if such quakes occurred again. Could they? The answer lies in seismology, a science that is still coming to grips with the Big One. Jake Page and Charles Officer rely on compelling historical accounts and the latest scientific findings to tell a fascinating, long-forgotten story in which the naturalist John James Audubon, the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, scientists, and charlatans all play roles. Whether describing devastating earthquakes or a dire year in a young nation, The Big One offers astounding breadth and drama. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)551.22Natural sciences and mathematics Earth sciences & geology Geology, Hydrology Meteorology Volcanoes, earthquakes, thermal waters and gases EarthquakesClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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