Earthshock (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
304
Utgivningsdatum
2002-02-01
Upplaga
2 Rev ed
Förlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustrationer
281 illustrations, 138 in colour
Dimensioner
263 x 193 x 22 mm
Vikt
1017 g
Antal komponenter
1
SAB
Ubae,Ube
ISBN
9780500283042

Earthshock

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

av Andrew Robinson
Häftad,  Engelska, 2002-02-01

Slutsåld

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.

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Andrew Robinson is literary editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement. Among his other books are The Shape of the World: The Mapping and Discovery of the Earth and The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Man and Nature; 2. Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere and Life; 3. Earthquakes; 4. Volcanoes; 5. Thunderstorms, Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Lightning; 6. Floods, Dambursts and Tsunamis; 7. Deserts, Droughts, Wildfires and Desertification; 8. Avalanches, Glacier and Ice Ages; 9. Global Climatic Change

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