Author: Gordon Woo
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: catastrophes, natural, mathematics
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 1999-12-15
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 1860941826
ISBN-13: 9781860941825

Discusses natural catastrophes, focusing on the mathematical aspects of these phenomena. Provides a practical guide to the treatment of the diverse issues covered, ranging from hazard warning and forecasting, to risk criteria, and economic loss estimation. DLC: Natural disasters--Mathematical models.

Author: Mark Buchana
Publisher: Three Rivers Pre
Keywords: catastrophes, ubiquity
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-11-05
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0609809989
ISBN-13: 9780609809983

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

Author: Barbara Jo Brothers
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: catastrophes, trauma, couples
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 1998-10-01
List price: $52.50
ISBN-10: 0789005328
ISBN-13: 9780789005328

Couples, Trauma, and Catastrophes examines the issues and hardships couples face when dealing with traumatic circumstances, such as illness, child abduction, or the death of a child. From case studies and recommendations from other therapists, you will learn how to better help clients identify sources of pain and strength and help their relationships or marriages endure crises.In order to cope with the emotional stress of a tragic event, an individual needs support that is, many times, offered by a significant other. In this book, you will learn of models and suggestions that help couples comm

Author: James P. Hogan
Publisher: Baen
Keywords: convolutions, amp, chaos, catastrophes
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2005-11-08
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1416509216
ISBN-13: 9781416509219

James P. Hogan stands among the foremost writers of science fiction today, and is renowned for his ability to combine accurate science from the cutting edge of present-day research with living, breathing characters in fast-paced, suspenseful stories. "Catastrophes, Chaos & Convolutions" gives Hogan’s thousands of avid readers both a solid-chunk of high-quality science fiction and a look behind the scenes, as Hogan describes how his work came to be written; with biographical details. Add a dash of science fact articles, often on controversial topics (suppose, for example, that Velikov

Author: Oliver Optic
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: clerk, catastrophes, debit, desk
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2009-09-30
List price: $31.99
ISBN-10: 1113681462
ISBN-13: 9781113681461

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Original Publisher: Lee

Author: J. F. Lancaster
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Keywords: major, accidents, effects, causes, catastrophes, engineering
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2001-11-01
List price: $133.95
ISBN-10: 1855735059
ISBN-13: 9781855735057

Author: Vaclav Smil
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: years, fifty, trends, catastrophes, global
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-09-30
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0262195860
ISBN-13: 9780262195867

Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008. Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a persistent, gradual trend. Global catastrophes include volcanic eruptions, viral pandemics, wars, and large-scale terrorist attacks; trends are demographic, environmental, economic, and political shifts that unfold over time. In this provocative book, scientist Vaclav Smil takes a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at the catastrophes and trends the next fifty years may bring. This is not a boo