Cargando…
The Politics of Earthquake Prediction
The Politics of Earthquake Prediction is a suspenseful account of what happens when scientists predict an enormous earthquake for a specific day--an earthquake that did not, in this instance, happen, but which, if it had, would have been one of the most destructive of our century. Working in a field...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
|
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a22000004a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | musev2_34587 | ||
| 003 | MdBmJHUP | ||
| 005 | 20230905043636.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr||||||||nn|n | ||
| 008 | 140719s2014 nju o 00 0 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9781400860203 | ||
| 020 | |z 9780691608020 | ||
| 020 | |z 9780691636528 | ||
| 020 | |z 9780691077987 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)889253136 | ||
| 040 | |a MdBmJHUP |c MdBmJHUP | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Olson, Richard Stuart, |d 1946- | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Politics of Earthquake Prediction |
| 264 | 1 | |a Princeton : |b Princeton University Press, |c 2014. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2015 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2014. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (199 pages). | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a Princeton Legacy Library | |
| 500 | |a Cover; Contents. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t CONTENTS -- |t PREFACE -- |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- |t ONE. Introduction: Politics and Science -- |t TWO. A Prediction Contained, 1976-1979 -- |t THREE. The Stakes Increase, 1979 -- |t FOUR. Bureaucratic Politics Takes Over, 1980 -- |t FIVE. Late 1980: The Prediction Goes Public-in the U.S. -- |t SIX. Brady's 1981 "Trial": The First Day -- |t SEVEN. Hardball: The Second Day of the Trial -- |t EIGHT. The Controversy Continues -- |t NINE. "Doomsday" Approaches -and Passes -- |t TEN. Reflections -- |t NOTES -- |t INDEX |
| 520 | |a The Politics of Earthquake Prediction is a suspenseful account of what happens when scientists predict an enormous earthquake for a specific day--an earthquake that did not, in this instance, happen, but which, if it had, would have been one of the most destructive of our century. Working in a field where uncertainty abounds, Dr. Brian Brady of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and Dr. William Spence of the U.S. Geological Survey gradually came to the conclusion that a catastrophic quake would occur on June 28, 1981, off the coast of central Peru, near the great population center of Lima-Call. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Earthquake prediction |x Political aspects. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00900868 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Diplomatic relations. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SOCIAL SCIENCE |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS |x Infrastructure. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a POLITICAL SCIENCE |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Tremblements de terre |x Prevision |x Aspect politique. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Earthquake prediction |x Political aspects. | |
| 651 | 7 | |a United States. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Peru. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01205190 | |
| 651 | 6 | |a Perou |x Relations exterieures |z États-Unis. | |
| 651 | 6 | |a États-Unis |x Relations exterieures |z Perou. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Peru |x Foreign relations |z United States. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Foreign relations |z Peru. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Electronic books. |2 local | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Nigg, Joanne M. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Podestá, Bruno, |d 1946- | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Project Muse. |e distributor | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Book collections on Project MUSE. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |z Texto completo |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/34587/ |
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Archive Complete Supplement III | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Supplement III | ||