The Big Ones

Author Lucy Jones is a world-renowned seismologist- known as "the Beyonce of earthquakes". This book relates to a worldwide audience, teaching us what we can learn from past disasters, and offering key tools for the future.

Auteur

Dr Lucy Jones is a world-renowned seismologist. A research associate at Caltech, she holds a PhD in geophysics from MIT. For decades, she has provided scientific information to the public, and has appeared on every major network's Nightly News Broadcast as well as every major morning television show, Conan and Larry King Now, among others. She lives in Southern California.

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This case study of how natural disasters have shaped human history reflects on what can be learned from the response and build-up to the California floods of 1862, Hurricane Katrina and similar destabilising events.

Résumé
A case study of the biggest natural disasters humanity has survived, andhow they have shaped our history.