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| Tipo documento: | Book |
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| Tutti gli autori / Collaboratori: |
Susan Elizabeth Hough |
| ISBN: | 9780691138169 0691138168 |
| Numero OCLC: | 313017853 |
| Descrizione: | 260 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contenuti: | Ready to rumble -- Ready to explode -- Irregular clocks -- The Hayward Fault -- Predicting the unpredictable -- The road to Haicheng -- Percolation -- The heyday -- The Hangover -- Highly charged debates -- Reading the tea leaves -- Accelerating moment release -- On the fringe -- Complicity -- Measles -- We all have our faults -- The bad one -- Whither earthquake prediction? |
| Responsabilità: | Susan Hough. |
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Susan Hough's book about earthquake prediction reminds us that many respectable scientists and numerous nutcases have tried--and failed. Predicting the Unpredictable tells us what has been tested and abandoned and why. It follows the winding path taken by this potentially useful discipline in the past four decades, from the shadows to centre stage and back again... Famous moments in earthquake prediction are dissected for the reader through Hough's diligent research in obscure archives; history will thank her for these abandoned threads. -- Roger Bilham Nature Hough's book, however, is not frustrating at all; it offers an enlightening, fair and insightful look at how one science has dealt with the intersection of an extremely hard problem with legitimate public demands for results. Those of us in other fields who read it may find ourselves profiting from the example someday. -- Cosma Shalizi American Scientist In this forensic and engaging overview, Susan Hough presents a frank, entertaining and personal review of the history of ideas, practice, personalities and experience in the science of earthquake prediction. Although Hough is a respected scientist, she takes a journalist's viewpoint here, not shying away from legitimate criticism of those she regards as friends, and taking on the credulous at the edge of, or even beyond, the mainstream scientific. -- Ian Main Times Higher Education Susan Hough is all about solid science, and her examples of accepted research that turned out to be dead wrong will resonate with readers suspicious of anybody who predicts the future. -- Stephen Matchett Australian Earthquake prediction is on everybody's mind when reports of the horrific event make headlines. Why the failure to predict it, especially in this age of scientific and technological achievements? Hough tells readers why in this deeply interesting, enlightening, and entertaining book... The book skillfully weaves the influence of politics, economics, and psychology into this authentic, delightfully perceptive account of earthquake prediction science. Choice [T]his book can be enjoyed by anyone, but it will be enjoyed most by seismologists because it is a treasure of seismological lore, as well as a useful guide and moral support for those participating in what Susan calls the 'combat sport' of seismic prediction research. -- F. A. Nava Pure and Applied Geophysics Per saperne di più…
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