The Million Death Quake: The Science Of Predicting Earth'S Deadliest Natural Disaster (Macsci) - Musson, Roger

from highland65

The Million Death Quake by Roger Musson is not alarmist (despite the title); it is not dry; it is not for other people somewhere else. It is eminently readable and useful for us all, and covers all of the bases. What do you want to know about earthquakes? What causes them, why I should care (if I...

from BookWallah

Layman's guide to understanding the science behind earthquakes. Written in highly accessible style, the author goes to great lengths to makes things understandable. Interesting review of historical events that added to the developing science explaining earthquakes. Final section on what should th...

from Snowstorm14

If this book was written some years ago, it might have been titled "All About Earthquakes" but the style now is to go with an attention grabber. The title is somewhat misleading as the book deals with more than a potentially catastrophic earthquake. The author does a fine job with the subject. It...

from karenweyant

Roger Musson's The Million Death Quake is a historical look at the study of earthquakes and not earthquakes themselves (Although, many chapters do discuss major earthquakes). Musson, himself, is a seismologist, so one may expect this book to be a complicated read. Not so. Instead, readers will be...

from anna_in_pdx

This is a nice history and overview of earthquakes, how they are caused, how people have perceived them over the centuries, how people study them and quantify them, and probably most importantly, how to minimize damage and loss of life resulting from them. The author is good at describing his fie...