Zebrowski, Ernest

Perils of a restless planet : Scientific perspectives on natural disasters / Ernest Zebrowski - New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997 - xi, 306 p.

Life on earth's crust, 1. -- The evolution of science, 25. -- Hazards of shelter, 53. -- Death and life, 93. -- Restles seas, 133. -- Earth in upheaval, 165. -- Volcanoes and asteroid impacts, 195. -- Deadly winds, 229. -- Science and irreproducible phenomena, 263