| The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith Contributor(s): Ulin, David L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143035258 ISBN-13: 9780143035251 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2005 Annotation: Ulin explores how an unlikely collection of scientists, psychics, and apocalyptics have made startlingly accurate earthquake predictions based on everything from magnetic fields to the behavior of whales. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Seismology & Volcanism - History - Nature | Earthquakes & Volcanoes |
| Dewey: 551.220 |
| LCCN: 2004041491 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Earthquakes are one of the great unsolved geological mysteries. Attempts to predict them have ranged from studies of California's 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 earth's magnetic fields to the behavior of whales. The Myth of Solid Ground is 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 Ground looks at earthquakes as the ultimate metaphor for living with impending disaster. |