Ubiquity Why Catastrophes Happen

Name: Ubiquity Why Catastrophes Happen
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ISBN: 9780609809983

ISBN-10: 0609809989

ISBN-13: 9780609809983

Edition: 2001

Authors: Mark Buchanan

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Why do catastrophes happen? What sets off earthquakes, for example? What about mass extinctions of species? The outbreak of major wars? Massive traffic jams that seem to appear out of nowhere? Why does the stock market periodically suffer dramatic crashes? Why do some forest fires become superheated infernos that rage totally out of control? Experts have never been able to explain the causes of any of these disasters. Now scientists have discovered that these seemingly unrelated cataclysms, both natural and human, almost certainly all happen for one fundamental reason. More than that, there is not and never will be any way to predict them. Critically acclaimed science journalist Mark…

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List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/5/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.10" wide x 8.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Virginia. He has been an editor and writer for Nature and New Scientist.