The Politics of Earthquake Prediction

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Olson, Richard Stuart, 1946-
Otros Autores: Nigg, Joanne M., Podestá, Bruno, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Earthquake prediction > Political aspects.
Diplomatic relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Tremblements de terre > Prevision > Aspect politique.
United States.
Peru.
Perou > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > Perou.
Peru > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Peru.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ONE. Introduction: Politics and Science
  • TWO. A Prediction Contained, 1976-1979
  • THREE. The Stakes Increase, 1979
  • FOUR. Bureaucratic Politics Takes Over, 1980
  • FIVE. Late 1980: The Prediction Goes Public-in the U.S.
  • SIX. Brady's 1981 "Trial": The First Day
  • SEVEN. Hardball: The Second Day of the Trial
  • EIGHT. The Controversy Continues
  • NINE. "Doomsday" Approaches -and Passes
  • TEN. Reflections
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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