The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters

by Bruce Parker

Book Overview

The Power of the Sea describes our struggle to understand the physics of the sea, so we can use that knowledge to predict when the sea will unleash its fury against us. In a wide-sweeping narrative... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230616372
• ISBN13: 9780230616370
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"