Volcanoes

by Mauro Rosi and Paolo Papale

Book Overview

Volcanoes describes in stunning detail 100 active volcanoes around the planet. Every entry describes the principal characteristics of the volcano, such as the geodynamic environment leading to its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552976831
• ISBN13: 9781552976838
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A very nice introduction to the world of volcanoes

This book is a fine introduction to the science, power, and beauty of volcanoes. The text is written for the lay person and will not bowl the reader over with technical jargon or esoteric equations. It is well organized and very well written. A particularly good feature is the review of many of world's best known,(and some not-so-well known), volcanoes, by way of short chapters on each. Each volcano is described in terms of location, type of volcano, dangerousness. and eruptive pattern. The book is excellently illustrated in what appears to be a four-color format. These photographs alone would make this book a keeper. Some are simply spectacular. The book's numerous explanatory diagrams are also in color and seamlessly blend with the fine text and photographs to produce a comprehensive guide and text. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in physical geology or volcanoes, whether neophyte or expert.

Stunning and beautiful; everything you always wanted to know

This a beautifully printed little book, loaded with jaw-dropping, high-resolution photographs and diagrams in stunning color. The first part of the book covers the science of volcanism, and the second part (consisting about 80% of the book) is something I have always wanted: a survey of all the great volcanoes of the world, each illustrated with beautiful photographs and diagrams. The lattitude and longitude as well as the elevation of each volcano is given, followed by the specification of the volcano type, a geological history of the volcano, and a description of access and principal attractions. You're not going to believe the variety of colors and types of volcanoes photographed in this book.