Author: Cornelius WalfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Famines
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Famines of the World: Past and Present ...
Author: Cornelius WalfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Famines
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The famines of the world: past and present. 2 papers read before the Statistical soc. of London, and repr. from its Journal
Author: Cornelius WalfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Journal of the Statistical Society of London
Author: Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society
Author: Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Published papers whose appeal lies in their subject-matter rather than their technical statistical contents. Medical, social, educational, legal,demographic and governmental issues are of particular concern.
Journal of the Statistical Society
Author: Statistical Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
The Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library
Author: Roy G. NevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe
Author: William Edward Hartpole LeckyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rationalism
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne
Author: William Edward Hartpole LeckyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Principles of Geology
Author: Sir Charles LyellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
After the Earth Quakes
Author: Susan Elizabeth HoughPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190292520
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Earthquakes rank among the most terrifying natural disasters faced by mankind. Out of a clear blue sky-or worse, a jet black one-comes shaking strong enough to hurl furniture across the room, human bodies out of bed, and entire houses off of their foundations. When the dust settles, the immediate aftermath of an earthquake in an urbanized society can be profound. Phone and water supplies can be disrupted for days, fires erupt, and even a small number of overpass collapses can snarl traffic for months. However, when one examines the collective responses of developed societies to major earthquake disasters in recent historic times, a somewhat surprising theme emerges: not only determination, but resilience; not only resilience, but acceptance; not only acceptance, but astonishingly, humor. Elastic rebound is one of the most basic tenets of modern earthquake science, the term that scientists use to describe the build-up and release of energy along faults. It is also the best metaphor for societal responses to major earthquakes in recent historic times. After The Earth Quakes focuses on this theme, using a number of pivotal and intriguing historic earthquakes as illustration. The book concludes with a consideration of projected future losses on an increasingly urbanized planet, including the near-certainty that a future earthquake will someday claim over a million lives. This grim prediction impels us to take steps to mitigate earthquake risk, the innately human capacity for rebound notwithstanding.
