Description: 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. Shipping via USPS media mail within 2 days of order. All books clean. Questions welcome & answered.
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Signed By: Victoria Bruce
Book Title: No Apparent Danger (Volcanology)
Book Series: science
Item Length: 9.2in.
Original Language: English
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780060199203
Language: English
Item Height: 0.9in.
Personalized: Yes
Features: Dust Jacket, Small B&W era photo section, Black remainder mark bottom edges
Topic: Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, South America / General, Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Colombian Volcanic Disaster
Item Width: 6.1in.
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: HarperCollins
Inscribed: Yes
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
California Prop 65 Warning: NONE
Publication Year: 2001
Type: Scientific Study
Literary Movement: Science: Geology
Era: 1990s
Illustrator: B&W era photo section
Author: Victoria Bruce
Genre: Nature, Science, Volcanology
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 18.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
