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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Documents the fifty-year career of Thomas Jaggar, the Harvard-educated volcano science pioneer who founded the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, to share insights into his findings about massive volcanoes in such regions as Yellowstone, Alaska, and Hawaii.
2) The great quake: how the biggest earthquake in North America changed our understanding of the planet
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, a riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in recorded history in North America--the 1964 Alaskan earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and obliterated the coastal village of Chenega--and the scientist sent to look for geological clues to explain the dynamics of earthquakes, who helped to confirm the then controversial theory of plate tectonics. On March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m., the biggest...
4) The explorer King: adventure, science, and the great diamond hoax : Clarence King in the Old West
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and career of the geophysicist and Shell Oil researcher who shocked the scientific community with his brilliance but also with his controversial predictions about the peak and steady decline of American oil production.
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