The Politics of Earthquake Prediction

by Bruno Podesta, Joanne M Nigg, Richard S. Olson

Book Overview

The Politics of Earthquake Prediction is a suspenseful account of what happens when scientists predict an enormous earthquake for a specific day--an earthquake that did not, in this instance, happen, but which, if it had, would have been one of the most destructive of our century. Working in a field where uncertainty abounds, Dr. Brian Brady of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and Dr. William Spence of the U.S. Geological Survey gradually came to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691636524
• ISBN13: 9780691636528
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"