Earthshock

Earthshock Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes and Other Forces of Nature

Revised Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts and eventually wipe out a civilization? Or are deserts and droughts entirely beyond human control? How are ozone layer and greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of Nature - or of man?;This revised edition comes complete with key websites, illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned artwork, and presents the updated scientific insights into these fiercely debated, life-and-death questions. Our predecessors, such as Newton and Einstein, built science gradually upon their faith in some fundamental simplicity in Nature: what they called Nature's laws. Today our view is one of chaos and complexity, as we grapple with the intricacies of how everything - natural and human - interacts. But understanding these interactions has never been more urgent: for we now find ourselves increasingly at the mercy of planet-threatening upheavals unleashed by our own actions.

Book information

ISBN: 9780500283042
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Pub date:
Edition: Revised Edition
DEWEY: 551
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 1040g
Height: 264mm
Width: 191mm
Spine width: 19mm