When Worlds Quake
The Quest to Understand the Interior of Earth and Beyond
$45.24
- Hardcover
312 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2026
Summary
How earthquakes can reveal the subsurface secrets of our planet and other worlds.
When Worlds Quake is a fascinating account of how scientists around the globe seek to use quakes to answer tantalising questions about the structure and inner dynamics of our planet and to discover the deepest secrets of our nearest neighbours in the solar system.
Briefly traversing the history of seismology, Hrvoje Tkalčić describes the women and men who sought to under…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691271477 |
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| ISBN-10: | 069127147X |
| Author: | Hrvoje Tkalčić |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 512g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 153mm x 225mm |
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Critics Review
“The science is fascinating, and Tkalčić’s descriptions of his own fieldwork are riveting reminders of just how hard won the everyday facts of science really are. The author’s decades of research inform every page, and his enthusiasm for his subject is contagious.” * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *
“Anyone curious about the science of earthquakes will find much of interest.” * Publishers Weekly *
“An excellent and entertaining introduction to earthquakes and the Earth’s interior.”—M. S. Field, Choice
“Educational and at times downright entertaining. [When Worlds Quake] combines science and history, grand adventures, the personal experience of a dedicated, passionate geophysicist, and engages us with the depth and breadth of current research in the earth sciences.”—David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds
“Tkalčić occasionally intersperses the scientific discourse with short explorations of exceptional places, of his exploratory adventures and his scientific journeys, in order to provide a vision of the real life of a geophysicist seismologist.”—Nadia Boutaleb, Natural Built Social Environment Health
Hrvoje Tkalčić
Hrvoje Tkalčić is professor and head of Geophysics at the Australian National University, where he is director of the Warramunga Seismic and Infrasound Monitoring Facility. Recipient of the Price Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, he is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the American Geophysical Union, recognised for his fundamental contributions to the study of Earth’s interior. His books include The Earth’s Inner Core.
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