The Shattering History of Earthquakes

Clive Gifford

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Publisher:: Hachette Children's Group, 03/2027
Binding:: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Language:: Englisch
ISBN-13:: 9781445197869
Volume:: 48 Pages
Release date:: 11.3.2027
Note: Caution: Product is not in German language

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Blurb

Find out about these amazing natural phenomena and see how they happen, where and why they occur, and how they are measured and studied. Discover the fascinating stories that people in the past told to explain earthquakes. Learn how seismologists are using new technology to help them predict when and where a quake might strike. Read about the scale of earthquakes and at some famous and deadly earthquakes in history and the more recent past. Finally find out about quakes that are out of this world.

The consultant is Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Risk in the Built Environment (CURBE) and she has actively engaged with earthquakeaffected communities around the world.

Biography

Clive Gifford hat unzählige Zeitungsartikel und zahlreiche Bücher geschrieben, für die er vielfach ausgezeichnet wurde. Schon sein Leben lang ist er Fan des Londoner Vereins Queen's Park Rangers, er hat als Fußballtrainer gearbeitet und für verschiedene Fußballmagazine geschrieben.