Why the earth quakes : the story of earthquakes and volcanoes /
The cracked egg - The fire goddess - The mountains of Vulcan - Lisbon, 1755 - The birth of seismology - Measuring earthquakes - The kanto earthquake - Resisting earthquakes - The great fault - Three minutes in anchorage - Precursors and predictions - Seismic isolation - Social consequences: codes an...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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New York :
W. W. Norton,
1995.
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| Sumario: | The cracked egg - The fire goddess - The mountains of Vulcan - Lisbon, 1755 - The birth of seismology - Measuring earthquakes - The kanto earthquake - Resisting earthquakes - The great fault - Three minutes in anchorage - Precursors and predictions - Seismic isolation - Social consequences: codes and public policy - Risk and preparedness - Echoes of the Big Bang. |
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| Descripción Física: | 215 p. : il. |
| ISBN: | 0393037746 |