A Choice Of Catastrophes
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A Choice Of Catastrophes
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Author : Isaac Asimov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
A Choice Of Catastrophes written by Isaac Asimov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Fiction categories.
A Choice Of Catastrophes
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Author : Isaac Asimov
language : en
Publisher: Olympic Marketing Corporation
Release Date : 1981-06-01
A Choice Of Catastrophes written by Isaac Asimov and has been published by Olympic Marketing Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-06-01 with Science categories.
Star Trek A Choice Of Catastrophes
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Author : Steve Mollmann
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-08-30
Star Trek A Choice Of Catastrophes written by Steve Mollmann and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-30 with Fiction categories.
The U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, is returning from a mission to deliver medical supplies to Deep Space Station C-15, one of Starfleet’s most distant installations. All is routine until the Enterprise comes within a light-year of the planet Mu Arigulon, when the ship is suddenly thrown from warp and suffers a momentary power cut, having run aground on a spatial distortion not revealed in previous scans of the system. When the pride of Starfleet hits another, much worse distortion, Dr. Leonard McCoy has his hands full caring for officers who have suddenly fallen into comas for no apparent reason. The Enterprise medical team soon discovers that the dying officers are espers—humans with a rare and abnormal level of telepathic and psychic ability. With no choice but to link to the officers’ minds in order to come to their aid, McCoy is plunged into a nightmarish dream-world . . . with the end result being nothing short of the possible destruction of the Enterprise and all aboard her. . . .
Disaster By Choice
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Author : Ilan Kelman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
Disaster By Choice written by Ilan Kelman and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Science categories.
We speak of earthquakes, floods, and wildfires as 'natural disasters'. In this provocative book, Ilan Kelman argues that the true disaster is not caused by natural phenomena, but by human choices which leave people unprepared and at terrible risk. He explores how we can and should act to stop people dying when nature unleashes its powers.
Library Of Small Catastrophes
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Author : Alison C. Rollins
language : en
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Release Date : 2019-06-18
Library Of Small Catastrophes written by Alison C. Rollins and has been published by Copper Canyon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-18 with Poetry categories.
Library of Small Catastrophes, Alison Rollins’ ambitious debut collection, interrogates the body and nation as storehouses of countless tragedies. Drawing from Jorge Luis Borges’ fascination with the library, Rollins uses the concept of the archive to offer a lyric history of the ways in which we process loss. “Memory is about the future, not the past,” she writes, and rather than shying away from the anger, anxiety, and mourning of her narrators, Rollins’ poetry seeks to challenge the status quo, engaging in a diverse, boundary-defying dialogue with an ever-present reminder of the ways race, sexuality, spirituality, violence, and American culture collide.
Cosmic Catastrophes
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Author : Clark R. Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-12-01
Cosmic Catastrophes written by Clark R. Chapman and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-01 with Science categories.
The authors discuss such topics as "impacts with asteroids, the greenhouse effect, nuclear winter, fringe catastrophism, supernovae and an assessment of risks." (New Scientist).
The Next Catastrophe
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Author : Charles Perrow
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-07
The Next Catastrophe written by Charles Perrow and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-07 with Social Science categories.
Charles Perrow is famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, the notion that multiple and unexpected failures--catastrophes waiting to happen--are built into our society's complex systems. In The Next Catastrophe, he offers crucial insights into how to make us safer, proposing a bold new way of thinking about disaster preparedness. Perrow argues that rather than laying exclusive emphasis on protecting targets, we should reduce their size to minimize damage and diminish their attractiveness to terrorists. He focuses on three causes of disaster--natural, organizational, and deliberate--and shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries. Perrow reveals how the threat of catastrophe is on the rise, whether from terrorism, natural disasters, or industrial accidents. Along the way, he gives us the first comprehensive history of FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security and examines why these agencies are so ill equipped to protect us. The Next Catastrophe is a penetrating reassessment of the very real dangers we face today and what we must do to confront them. Written in a highly accessible style by a renowned systems-behavior expert, this book is essential reading for the twenty-first century. The events of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina--and the devastating human toll they wrought--were only the beginning. When the next big disaster comes, will we be ready? In a new preface to the paperback edition, Perrow examines the recent (and ongoing) catastrophes of the financial crisis, the BP oil spill, and global warming.
Catastrophes
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Author : Donald R. Prothero
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2011-04-01
Catastrophes written by Donald R. Prothero and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with Nature categories.
Devastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the earth—and a humbling view of our future. Paleontologist and geologist Donald R. Prothero tells the harrowing human stories behind these catastrophic events. Prothero describes in gripping detail some of the most important natural disasters in history: • the New Madrid, Missouri, earthquakes of 1811–1812 that caused church bells to ring in Boston • the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people • the massive volcanic eruptions of Krakatau, Mount Tambora, Mount Vesuvius, Mount St. Helens, and Nevado del Ruiz His clear and straightforward explanations of the forces that caused these disasters accompany gut-wrenching accounts of terrifying human experiences and a staggering loss of human life. Floods that wash out whole regions, earthquakes that level a single country, hurricanes that destroy everything in their path—all are here to remind us of how little control we have over the natural world. Dramatic photographs and eyewitness accounts recall the devastation wrought by these events, and the people—both heroes and fools—that are caught up in the earth's relentless forces. Eerie, fascinating, and often moving, these tales of geologic history and human fortitude and folly will stay with you long after you put the book down.
Convergence Of Catastrophes
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Author : Guillaume Faye
language : en
Publisher: Arktos
Release Date : 2012
Convergence Of Catastrophes written by Guillaume Faye and has been published by Arktos this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Nature categories.
Faye rigorously examines today's escalating crises one by one. He reminds readers they should not give in to pessimism, that what is being experienced is not an apocalypse, but a metamorphosis of humanity.
Catastrophes
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Author : Andreas Hoppe
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-11-25
Catastrophes written by Andreas Hoppe and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-25 with Science categories.
Scientific disciplines have their own view on catastrophes. Here, natural scientists, engineers, physicians as well as historians and social scientists define and discuss geo-hazards and associated technical disasters, natural disasters as a business case, medicine and its catastrophes. After war aspects of the Shoah are described with Gershom Sholem ́s Concept of Jewish Totality, and the situation of Displaced Persons in Germany as well as the Nakba for Palestinians related to the happiness of Jews celebrating their new State of Israel. The book also reminds of Hamburg’s Flood Disaster in 1962, the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and other historical catastrophes in Japan, the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 and the Age of Enlightenment, and the eruption of the Tambora in 1815 followed by the “year without summer”.