The Great Quake Debate
The Crusader, the Skeptic, and the Rise of Modern Seismology
$45.08
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2022
Summary
In the first half of the twentieth century, when seismology was still in in its infancy, renowned geologist Bailey Willis faced off with fellow high-profile scientist Robert T. Hill in a debate with life-or-death consequences for the millions of people migrating west. Their conflict centered on a consequential question: Is southern California earthquake country?
These entwined biographies of Hill and Willis offer a lively, accessible account of the ways that politics and financial int…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780295750729 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0295750723 |
| Author: | Susan Hough |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | The Great Quake Debate |
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Critics Review
“Hough presents a well-researched narrative…Interesting read, tracing the history of this seismic and scientific debate.”
* Choice *“Seismologist Susan Hough’s account offers a revealing glimpse of the personalities and issues within America’s geologic community in the early twentieth century. But it also can be read as a cautionary tale about science and society.”
* Natural History Magazine *“Hough’s book…touches the history of a subfield of earth science that has been only rarely studied before: seismology.”
* H-Net *“This book is historical and biographical writing at its very best.”
* Environment and History *“The Great Quake Debate gives all readers—historians, scientists, and interested non-experts—excellent insights into the unfolding of scientific community and scientific investigations of earthquakes in the United States, a topic crucial to public and private life then, and still.”
* Pacific Historical Review *Susan Hough
Susan Hough is a research seismologist in Pasadena, California. Her popular-science books include Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction and Richter’s Scale: Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man. She is a past president of the Seismological Society of America and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
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