About this title: What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts and eventually wipe out a civilization? Or are deserts and droughts entirely beyond human control? How are ozone layer and greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of Nature - or of man? This book, illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned artwork, explains the latest scientific insights into these fiercely debated, life-and-death questions. Our predecessors, such as Newton and Einstein, built science gradually upon their faith in some fundamental ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780500015797ISBN:0500015791
Description: Near Fine in Very Good- jacket. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; Type: Hardback Like New with small "BOMC" stamp on bottom outer page edges. DJ has top & bottom shelf edgewear, but no tears. SKU #T-1230. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780500277386ISBN:0500277389
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Quarto, blue paper covered boards with silver titles and cover decoration and silver spine titles. 304 pp. including index, references, further readings and chronology. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs, charts, diagrams, maps etc. A survey of the whole history of man and nature in conflict when natural disasters of all kinds occur with descriptions of the geological and meteorological forces involved. A very tight, fresh, ... read more
Description: Good. Ex library book in nice shape with library markings, no additional markings found! ! May have a few stray marks not seen! ! read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. Paperback. illustrated edition Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date Published: 18/10/1993
ISBN-13:9780500277386ISBN:0500277389
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780500277386ISBN:0500277389
Description: Near Fine with no dust jacket. 0500277389. Crisp and clean. Uncreased spine. Solid, squared binding. 1 x 10.5 x 7.5 Inches 304 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780500277386ISBN:0500277389
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. EARTH SHOCK, Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes and Other Forces of Nature; 275 illustrations, 135 in color, Thames and Hudson, London, 1993, softbound, 7.5x10.5, NF, very slightly scuffed, 304pp, Causes of, preparation for, explanation of, photographs & more about great natural wonders that impact humankind, GEO003544, Earth, Research, Geology. read more
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