Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses

by Katrin Pfeifer

Book Overview

How do and how did people perceive, manage and respond to natural disasters? How are the causes of natural disasters explained in history, how are they explained today? This volume investigates relationships between forces of nature and human culture in a multidisciplinary context bridging science and the humanities.

Forces of nature and cultural responses is divided into four sections: (1) ball lightnings, (2) earthquakes and tsunamis,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400749996
• ISBN13: 9789400749993
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"