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Author Walker, Bryce S.

Title Earthquake / by Bryce Walker and the editors of Time-Life Books
Published Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, [1982]
©1982

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Description 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Series Planet earth
Planet earth (Time-Life Books)
Contents Alaska 1964: a world gone mad -- Prophets of a new science -- Secrets of the seismic waves -- A victory for the visionaries -- Dreams of knowing when and where -- Lessons in frustration and hope
Summary Presents illustrated accounts of some relatively recent major earthquakes and discusses the developments in seismology that have made earthquakes predictable
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 173-174
Subject Earthquakes -- Popular works.
Earthquakes.
Earthquakes -- Popular works.
Author Time-Life Books.
LC no. 81016662
ISBN 0705407403 (Amsterdam)
0809443007
0809443015 (lib. bdg.)
0809443023 (mail order edition)