A science reporter presents a riveting true story of an amazing rescue from a volcanic disaster in the Andes, an account rife with tragedy, heroism, and controversy. 8-page photo insert.
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A science reporter presents a riveting true story of an amazing rescue from a volcanic disaster in the Andes, an account rife with tragedy, heroism, and controversy. 8-page photo insert.
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Very good in very good DJ. Signed by author. DJ bright, shelfworn, similar to photo. Spine straight/square. Binding tight. DJ edges/corners bumped & chipped; Spine cloth edges/corners bumped; outer board edges sharp/corners bumped. Text clean. SMOKE-FREE. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Geology/Columbia
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light wear o/w clean copy---a breathtaking story of scientific hubris and unimaginable tragedy.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x0x9; On January 14, 1993, a team of scientists descended into the crater of Galeras, a restless Andean volcano in southern Colombia, for a day of field research. As the group slowly moved across the rocky moonscape of the caldera near the heart of the volcano, Galeras erupted, its crater exploding in a barrage of burning rocks and glowing shrapnel. Nine men died instantly, their bodies torn apart by the blast. No Apparent Danger links the characters and events of these two eruptions to tell a riveting story of scientific tragedy and human heroism. In the aftermath of Nevado del Ruiz, volcanologists from all over the world came to Galeras--some to ensure that such horrors would never be repeated, some to conduct cutting-edge research, and some for personal gain. Seismologists, gas chemists, geologists, and geophysicists hoped to combine their separate areas of expertise to better understand and predict the behavior of monumental forces at work deep within the earth.
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B&W era photo section. As New in New jacket. Book CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2001 HarperCollins hardcover (tan boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Small B&W era photo section. Black remainder mark bottom edges. CONTENT: The fight currently raging within the volcanological community, sketched by the discrepancies between Bruce's work and Stanley Williams and Fen Montaigne's Surviving Galeras (reviewed below), concerns what is known about predicting eruptions, and particularly about Galeras when it blew, and why nine people died in that eruption (see PW, Book News, Feb. 12). In Bruce's harrowing depiction of the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption, which killed 23, 000 people, scientists and survivors describe bureaucratic foolishness, scientific discovery and human strife. In her presentation of the 1993 eruption of Galeras, another Colombian volcano, numerous interviews illuminate further human folly, and particularly Williams's pariah status among geologists. Seismologist Bernard Chouet's testimony discredits Williams's assertion that there was no warning of the eruption. Previously, Chouet had successfully predicted two eruptions from seismographic patterns also visible when Galeras erupted. While Williams says this was never brought to his attention, Bruce notes that leading a team into an active volcano without checking available data hardly seems responsible scientific practice. Chouet claims he presented his prediction technique, with Williams present, in 1991. Further, expedition members contend that, despite Galeras's signs of activity, Williams ignored advice to shorten the visit. One survivor says Williams took no safety precautions and mocked his colleagues who wore hard hats. Scientist and journalist Bruce traces the fascinating recent history of Colombian volcanoes and the scientific community's politics, wherein intellectual property generates fame and near-fortune, in an insightful, spellbinding account.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Signed by Author Signed by Author Type: Ex-Library First Printing. Hardcover Ex-Lib Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Except for very minimal lib marks, book is as new. Very clean and bright, otherwise unmarked, square, sharp corners, tight and in 1993, Nine men died instantly when they were doing field research near the heart of Galeras, an Andean volcano in southern Colombia, when it erupted. This is the story of this eruption and that of the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in 1985 which wiped out the city of Armero and killed more than 23, 000 people, one of the worst natural disasters of the 20th century. 239 pages. 6, 5 x 9.75 inches. 2001, HarperCollins, USA.
