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 revised edition comes complete with key websites, illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned artwork, and presents the updated scientific insights into these fiercely debated, life-and-death questions. Our predecessors, such as Newton and Einstein, built science ...
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Edition: Rev ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780500283042ISBN:0500283044
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent Condition! No Remainder Mark, No Damage, 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780500283042ISBN:0500283044
Description: Very Good ++ Oversized trade paperback, 304 pages, "With 281 illustrations, 138 in color"; just a hint of shelf wear, otherwise as new. read more
Edition: 2 REV ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: THAMES & HUDSON LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780500283042ISBN:0500283044
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 304 pages. (304 pages) an updated explanation of contemporary scientific insights into extreme forces of nature such as volcanoes, hurricanes and floods. it also examines the intricacies of how everything, natural and human, interacts, and discusses whether effects such as global warming are natural or man-made. 281 illustrations, 138 in colour edition 2 rev ed (Paperback) read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date Published: 18/02/2002
ISBN-13:9780500283042ISBN:0500283044
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date Published: 18/02/2002
ISBN-13:9780500283042ISBN:0500283044
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Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780500283042ISBN:0500283044
Description: Very Good in Paperback jacket. Larger 8vo. pp. [6] 304. "This revised edition comes complete with key websites, illustrated with photographs and specially commissioned artwork, and presents the updated 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 simplicity in Nature: what they called Nature's laws. Today our view is one of chaos and complexity, as we grapple ... read more
Description: New. An updated explanation of contemporary scientific insights into extreme forces of nature such as volcanoes, hurricanes and floods. It also examines the intricacies of how everything, natural and human, interacts, and discusses whether effects such as... read more
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Edition: 2ND ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: THAMES AND HUDSON LTD, UK
ISBN-13:9780500283042ISBN:0500283044
Description: We are no longer able to guarantee delivery by Christmas. What causes an earthquake? When will another big shock shake Tokyo or Los Angeles? Can people create deserts? How are the ozone layer and greenhouse effect interlinked? Is global warming a force of Nature ł or of man? This revised edition of Andrew RobinsonĘs compelling and informative book, illustrated with marvellous photographs and specially commissioned artwork, draws on the dramatic evidence of recent years to evaluate the state of ... read more
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