- Hardcover: 235 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (Nov 22 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071351612
- ISBN-13: 978-0071351614
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16.2 x 2.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 540 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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#829,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #23 in Books > Science > Earth Sciences > Geology > Seismology
- #53 in Books > Science > Earth Sciences > Geology > Volcanology
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'Furious Earth (McGraw-Hill, $24.95), Ellen Prager looks at some of the more awesome and dangerous natural events in clear language that still manages to include up-to-date research on the how and why of earthly upheavals.' 'loaded with helpful illustrations and interesting photos in a center section.' 'anyone truly curious about the causes of natural disasters will find this book informative and interesting.' (USA Today )
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Furious Earth sheds light on the life-threatening power and magnitude of nature's mighty trio: earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. With the latest reseach findings from top scientists in the field, as well as insider's information from The U.S. Geological Survey, this is a comprehensive and fascinating guide to the natural forces that literally shape our world.
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Throughout the Earth's history, volcanoes have spewed fire, earthquakes have shaken and ripped apart the land, and towering tsunamis have crashed onto the shore. Read the first page
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Throughout the Earth's history, volcanoes have spewed fire, earthquakes have shaken and ripped apart the land, and towering tsunamis have crashed onto the shore. Read the first page
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A Choice Of Disasters,
By Bruce Crocker "agnostictrickster" (Whittier, California United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Furious Earth: The Science and Nature of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis (Hardcover)
Furious Earth by Ellen J. Prager [with help from Stanley Williams (Surviving Galeras), Kate Hutton (one of SoCals TV seismologists and the author of the earthquake updates on the TriNet earthquake website), and Costas Synolakis] is a well-written introduction to earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. This book appears to be aimed at junior high/high school aged readers, but adult readers who have no background in these subjects will also enjoy the book. An earlier reviewer suggested that the book has the coverage of the better chapters of an earth science textbook, but I wish high school earth science texts were this well-written. I enjoyed reading the book despite the depth of my background and appreciate the refresher course that Furious Earth gave me. My only complaint concerns the ordering of the color plates at the center of the volume. The pictures are out of order to their mention in the text and the only thing that comes to mind is that they were ordered the way they were to make them fit on a limited number of plate pages. Furious Earth belongs on the shelves in as many elementary and secondary school libraries as possible and would be a wonderful gift for a budding earth scientist.
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By Ms. Sides (a Los Angeles Public School, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Furious Earth: The Science and Nature of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis (Hardcover)
I am a sixth grade teacher and was given this book at a science conference. After just beginning to read it, I immediatly went online to see how much the book cost- I want to order one for each for my students! It will be a bit hard and I will have to do some serious directing, but the book is an excellent example of a clear, scientific, organized, up-to-date, and interesting (yes- interesting enough for 30 sixth graders) nonfiction book in the field of earth science. Furious Earth combines "PBS-like" research discussions and theory- (Plate Techtonics Discovered, Paleotsunamis...) with "RealTV-like" examples (Italy, 79 A.D.: Vesuvuis; The World's Largest and Smallest Quakes). The book is a surprisingly suspenseful, fascinating, and easy read (for us unscientific folk). The 16 color pages of graphs and pictures also add to the subject. I can't wait to see their eyes grow when I read to them Chapter 2- Earthquakes. It starts off with the 1994 Northridge, CA quake... It hooked me at least...
3.0 out of 5 stars
non-technicle, intro earth-science book,
By Benjamin Cavallari (Orono, ME) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Furious Earth: The Science and Nature of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis (Hardcover)
very basic, simple geological concepts and explanations involving volcanology, ocanography, geophysics, etc. anybody can read this interesting book about the processes of the earth, and how humans have attempted to understand it. it is basicaly the more interesting chapters in any college-level Geology 101 course. up to date, very easy to read.
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