Earthquakes in Human History
Subtitle: The Far-Reaching Effects of Seismic Disruptions
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780691050706
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Popular science; Social impact of disasters; Vulcanology & seismology; World - General; Natural Disasters; Earthquakes & Volcanoes; Nature; Social aspects; Nature/Ecology; Seismology; Earth Sciences; History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science; Nature / Earthquakes; Physics; World History / Comparative History; Earthquakes; Earth Sciences - Geology; Environmental aspects; History
First sentence: EARTHQUAKES ARE AMONG the most terrifying of natural phenomena.