MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 07849cam 2201093Ka 4500
001 ocn852158645
003 OCoLC
005 20180806003055.0
008 130708s2010 njuab ob 001 0 eng d
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
010 $z 2009029193
040 $aN$T$beng$epn$cN$T$dIDEBK$dOCLCO$dE7B$dOCLCF$dOCLCO$dOCLCA$dEBLCP$dYDXCP$dOCLCQ$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ$dJSTOR$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ$dOCLCO$dAZK$dDEBBG$dAGLDB$dMOR$dCCO$dOCLCO$dZCU$dOTZ$dMERUC$dOCLCQ$dIOG$dEZ9$dSTF$dWRM$dVNS$dOCLCQ$dVTS
019 $a851697387$a854974382$a904217785$a961669046$a962586250$a988476916$a995009136$a1037693898$a1038667496
020 $a9781400833443$q(electronic bk.)
020 $a1400833442$q(electronic bk.)
020 $a1299709486$q(electronic bk.)
020 $a9781299709485$q(electronic bk.)
020 $z9780691133508
020 $z0691133506
020 $z9780199237784$q(hbk.)
020 $z0199237786$q(hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)852158645$z(OCoLC)851697387$z(OCoLC)854974382$z(OCoLC)904217785$z(OCoLC)961669046$z(OCoLC)962586250$z(OCoLC)988476916$z(OCoLC)995009136$z(OCoLC)1037693898$z(OCoLC)1038667496
037 $a502199$bMIL
037 $a22573/ctt359bcc$bJSTOR
050 4 $aGB5014$b.D53 2010eb
070 $aGB5014$b.D53 2010
072 7 $aBIO$x023000$2bisacsh
072 7 $aHIS$x051000$2bisacsh
072 7 $aNAT$x023000$2bisacsh
072 7 $aSOC$x040000$2bisacsh
072 7 $aTRV$x001000$2bisacsh
072 7 $aNAT023000$2bisacsh
072 7 $aMAT003000$2bisacsh
082 04 $a904/.5$222
084 $aQD 250$2rvk
100 1 $aDiacu, Florin,$d1959-
245 10 $aMegadisasters :$bthe science of predicting the next catastrophe /$cFlorin Diacu.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c℗♭2010.
300 $a1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages) :$billustrations, maps
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $acomputer$bc$2rdamedia
338 $aonline resource$bcr$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-192) and index.
505 0 $aGlimpsing the future -- Walls of water: tsunamis -- Land in upheaval: earthquakes -- Chimneys of hell: volcanic eruptions -- Giant whirlwinds: hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons -- Mutant seasons: rapid climate change -- Earth in collision: cosmic impacts -- Economic breakdown: financial crashes -- Tiny killers: pandemics -- Models and prediction: how far can we go?
520 $aCan we predict cataclysmic disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or stock market crashes? The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 claimed more than 200,000 lives. Hurricane Katrina killed over 1,800 people and devastated the city of New Orleans. The recent global financial crisis has cost corporations and ordinary people around the world billions of dollars. This is a book that asks why catastrophes such as these catch us by surprise, and reveals the history and groundbreaking science behind efforts to forecast major disasters and minimize their destruction. Each chapter of this book explores a particular type of cataclysmic event and the research surrounding it, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, rapid climate change, collisions with asteroids or comets, pandemics, and financial crashes. The author tells the harrowing true stories of people impacted by these terrible events, and of the scientists racing against time to predict when the next big disaster will strike. He describes the mathematical models that are so critical to understanding the laws of nature and foretelling potentially lethal phenomena, the history of modeling and its prospects for success in the future, and the enormous challenges to scientific prediction posed by the chaos phenomenon, which is the high instability that underlies many processes around us. Yielding new insights into the perils that can touch every one of us, this book shows how the science of predicting disasters holds the promise of a safer and brighter tomorrow.
588 0 $aPrint version record.
650 0 $aNatural disasters$xForecasting.
650 0 $aHuman beings$xEffect of climate on.
650 0 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY$xAdventurers & Explorers.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY$xExpeditions & Discoveries.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aNATURE$xNatural Disasters.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE$xDisasters & Disaster Relief.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTRAVEL$xSpecial Interest$xAdventure.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00864268
650 7 $aHuman beings$xEffect of climate on.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00962839
650 7 $aNatural disasters$xForecasting.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01034001
650 7 $aNaturkatastrophe$2gnd
650 7 $aPrognose$2gnd
655 4 $aElectronic books.
776 08 $iPrint version:$aDiacu, Florin, 1959-$tMegadisasters.$dPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ℗♭2010$z9780691133508$w(DLC) 2009029193$w(OCoLC)320801662
856 40 $3Ebook Library$uhttp://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1245628
856 40 $3ebrary$uhttp://site.ebrary.com/id/10729548
856 40 $3EBSCOhost$uhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=605269
856 40 $3EBSCOhost$uhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=605269
856 40 $3JSTOR$uhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fgxgj
856 40 $3MyiLibrary$uhttp://www.myilibrary.com?id=502199
856 40 $uhttp://0-ebookcentral.proquest.com.oasys.lib.oxy.edu/lib/oxy/detail.action?docID=1245628$zRead e-book on Ebook Central (Occidental College authentication required)
856 40 $uhttp://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/columbia/detail.action?docID=1245628$zEbook Central Academic Complete
856 40 $uhttp://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ottawa/detail.action?docID=1245628$zProQuest Ebook Central
856 40 $uhttp://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucm/detail.action?docID=1245628$zView Full Text
856 4 $uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400833443$xVerlag$zURL des Erstvero ffentlichers$3Volltext
856 40 $uhttps://grinnell.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fgxgj$zMulti-User JSTOR Electronic Book
856 40 $uhttp://0-www.jstor.org.lib.exeter.ac.uk/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fgxgj$zAvailable online via JSTOR. Login when prompted.
856 40 $uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucm/detail.action?docID=1245628$zView Full Text
856 4 $uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400833443$xVerlag$zURL des Erstvero ffentlichers$3Volltext
856 40 $zAvailable to Stanford-affiliated users.$uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/stanford-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1245628$yEbook Central$xProvider: ProQuest$xsubscribed$xeLoaderURL$xep4$xepEBC1245628
856 40 $uhttp://gold.worcester.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/worcesteruniv/Doc?id=10729548$zClick to view online
856 40 $uhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=605269$zLink to full text in EBSCOHost
856 40 $uhttp://0-search.ebscohost.com.librarycatalog.vts.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=605269
856 40 $uhttp://0-ebookcentral.proquest.com.librarycatalog.vts.edu/lib/vtu/detail.action?docID=1245628
938 $aEBL - Ebook Library$bEBLB$nEBL1245628
938 $aebrary$bEBRY$nebr10729548
938 $aEBSCOhost$bEBSC$n605269
938 $aProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection$bIDEB$ncis25778319
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n10835884
029 1 $aDEBBG$bBV043867603
029 1 $aCHVBK$b498839222
029 1 $aCHBIS$b011058539
029 1 $aGBVCP$b1003736920
029 1 $aAU@$b000055901052
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 867 OTHER HOLDINGS