Book ID: CBB001250412

The Earthquake Observers: Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter (2013)

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Coen, Deborah R. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 368 pp.; bibl.; index; ill.
Language: English

Description Covers the period from the 18th to the 20th centuries.


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Review Jenks, Andrew (2013) Review of "The Earthquake Observers: Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter". Technology and Culture (pp. 982-983). unapi

Review Westermann, Andrea (2014) Review of "The Earthquake Observers: Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 124). unapi

Review Hochadel, Oliver (2014) Review of "The Earthquake Observers: Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter". Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte (pp. 293-294). unapi

Review Cohen, Claudine (2014) Review of "The Earthquake Observers: Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 228-229). unapi

Review Valderrama, Lorena B. (2014) Review of "The Earthquake Observers: Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 576-577). unapi

Review Knowles, Scott Gabriel (2014) Review of "The Earthquake Observers: Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter". American Historical Review (pp. 485-486). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Udías, Agustín
Kim, Boumsoung
Snježana Markušić
Blanken, Kerrewin van
Ines Ivančić
Bluestone, Jamie Rae
Concepts
Earthquakes
Seismology
Earth sciences
Geology
Science and culture
Science and society
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
17th century
Premodern
Places
Japan
Adriatic sea
United States
Switzerland
Spain
Germany
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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