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" The earthquake observers : "
Deborah R. Coen
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BL
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581556
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b410775
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Coen, Deborah R
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The earthquake observers : : disaster science from Lisbon to Richter /\ Deborah R. Coen
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348 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9780226111810
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: 0226111814
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9780226111834
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0226111830
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: 9780226212050
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-343) and index
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| Contents
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The human seismograph -- The planet in the village: Comrie, Scotland, 1788-1897 -- News of the apocalypse -- The tongues of seismology: Switzerland, 1855-1912 -- Geographies of hazard -- The moment of danger -- Fault lines and borderlands: imperial Austria, 1880-1914 -- What is the earth? -- The youngest land: California, 1853-1906 -- A true measure of violence: California, 1906-1935
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| Abstract
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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
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Seismology-- History
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Earthquakes-- Observations-- History-- 19th century
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QE539.C64 2013
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