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020 $a9780691133508 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aDiacu, Florin,$d1959-2018.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96003568
245 10 $aMegadisasters :$bthe science of predicting the next catastrophe /$cFlorin Diacu.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2010], ©2010.
300 $axiv, 195 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tPrologue: Glimpsing the Future -- $g1.$tWalls of Water: Tsunamis -- $g2.$tLand in Upheaval: Earthquakes -- $g3.$tChimneys of Hell: Volcanic Eruptions -- $g4.$tGiant Whirlwinds: Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons -- $g5.$tMutant Seasons: Rapid Climate Change -- $g6.$tEarth in Collision: Cosmic Impacts -- $g7.$tEconomic Breakdown: Financial Crashes -- $g8.$tTiny Killers: Pandemics -- $g9.$tModels and Prediction: How Far Can We Go?
520 1 $a"Can 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. Megadisasters 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. Florin Diacu 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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aNatural disasters$xForecasting.
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