Book ID: CBB000952148

The End Is Nigh: A History of Natural Disasters (2009)

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Svensen, Henrik (Author)


Reaktion Books


Publication Date: 2009
Edition Details: Translated from the Norwegian by John Irons.
Physical Details: 238 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Oldroyd, David (2009) Review of "The End Is Nigh: A History of Natural Disasters". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 497). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Christian, John T.
Kitagawa, Kaori
Synolakis, Costas
Kazuto Tatsuta
Joanna Leslie Dyl
Blandford, Edward D.
Journals
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
Spontaneous Generations
Social Studies of Science
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
History of Meteorology
History of Education
Publishers
Kodansha Comics
University of Washington Press
Stanford University Press
Springer
Rowman & Littlefield
Museo Vasco de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia José Luis Goti
Concepts
Disasters; catastrophes
Tsunamis
Earthquakes
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Engineering
Earth sciences
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
17th century
Early modern
Modern
Places
Japan
Indian Ocean
New Orleans (Louisiana, U.S.)
San Francisco (California)
Danube river
Thailand
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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