Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction

by Susan Hough

Book Overview

An earthquake can strike without warning and wreak horrific destruction and death, whether it's the cataclysmic 2008 Sichuan quake in China that killed tens of thousands or a future great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in California, which scientists know is inevitable. Yet despite rapid advances in earthquake science, seismologists still can't predict when the Big One will hit. Predicting the Unpredictable is the first book to explain why, exploring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691138168
• ISBN13: 9780691138169
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"