Knowledge

Knowledge
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Total Pages: 364
Release: 1899
Genre: Science
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The Earthquake Observers

The Earthquake Observers
Author: Deborah R. Coen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226111814

Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This book explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences.