The Big Ones
The Big Ones
How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do about Them)
Dr. Lucy JonesCouldn't load pickup availability
With population in hazardous regions growing and temperatures around the world rising, the impacts of natural disasters are greater than ever before. The Big Ones is more than just a work of history or science; it is a call to action. Natural hazards are inevitable; human catastrophes are not. With this energizing and exhaustively researched book, Dr. Jones offers a look at our past, readying us to face down the Big Ones in our future.
Dr. Lucy Jones was a seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey for thirty years, most recently as science advisor for risk reduction. She created the Great ShakeOut Drill, an earthquake preparation experiment that by 2016 included 53 million participants around the world. A research associate at Caltech, she holds a Ph.D. in geophysics from MIT and a B.A. in Chinese language and literature from Brown University. She lives in Southern California.
- Publisher: Anchor; Reprint edition (March 19, 2019)
- Language: English
- Paperback: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0525434283
- ISBN-13: 9780525434283
- Item Weight: 9.6 ounces
- Dimensions: 5.21 x 0.68 x 7.96 inches
