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Title: Volcanoes by Richard V. Fisher, Grant Heiken, Jeffrey Hulen ISBN: 0-691-00249-5 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 14 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A most excellent book on volcanoes
Comment: I recommend this book most highly. It is well-organized, easily read by anyone with a high school education and a limited scientific background, and all-encompassing on the subject of volcanoes. The latest developments in volcanic petrology, pyroclastic flow study, caldera formation, supervolcanic eruptions and their horrific consequences, and the like are superbly covered. Additionally, the book contains excellent narratives of nearly all significant late 20th Century eruptions, such as Pinatubo, El Chichon, St. Helens, and Paricutin. The research is copious, and the results highly accurate.
The book has been well-proofed, with the pleasurable consequence that distortive prose, inaccurate figures, and like blips are virtually non-existent. A fellow reviewer has stated that plate tectonics is not well-covered, but this writer's view is that the scope of the book lies beyond such basics. Anyone unfamiliar with basic volcanological concepts should first read "Teach Yourself Volcanoes", and then move into this book.
Again, I enjoyed this book to the hilt, and would prize it above most other books on the subject. I strongly believe it is the best non-technical book on the subject.
Rating: 3
Summary: one thumb up, one thumb down
Comment: I found that this book has some positives and negatives: Positives: 1. the authors have compiled a wealth of information about volcanoes all over the world: Mt. St. Helens catastrophe, planes flying over eruption clouds, eruption accounts from Krakatua, etc, etc. 2. For a geologist like me, when we study about volcanoes, we tend to forget the human factor, not only hazards, but also how it affects agriculture, tourism, etc. Which I think this book pinpoints very well. Negatives: 1. The book doesn't flow: lots of information, but in my opinion disorganized. Except for the chapter about Mt. St. Helens, I didn't understand the point that the authors were trying to make (or probably there was no point, and it was just a plain description). 2. Any time you touch a scientific subject, you are immersed in having to use scientific terms. Since this book is trying to reach a general audience (I think), it will benefit a lot by having a glossary. 3. Some chapters are really weak, like the one that talks about plate tectonics. Plate tectonics is the driving force of volcanoes (mostly) and should have more emphasis on the book, and be explained in more simple terms. 4. The decimal metric system is used throughout the book. This is good when you are writing a paper to publish on a specialized journal, but not for a book aimed at general audiences. The equivalence in the English system should probably go in parentheses.
Rating: 5
Summary: Neither too little or too much
Comment: Neither too little or too much, Volcanoes: Crucibles of Change is the best volume I have ever read on Volcanology. Written for the intelligent layperson, the book never talks down to its reader or loses them in mult-semicolon sentances of unintelligble jargon as so many other books by scientists do. If you want the latest theories on volcanoes, this is th book for you. I was especially surprised by how many dormant/active volcanoes there are in the lower 48. And as one who has flown from the U.S. to Japan, the chapter on planes and volcanoes was both fascinating and scary.
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Title: Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes (Roadside Geology Series) by Stephen L. Harris ISBN: 087842220X Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Volcano Cowboys : The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science by Dick Thompson ISBN: 0312286686 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 18 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Out of the Crater by Richard V. Fisher ISBN: 0691002266 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 07 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $42.50 |
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Title: Furious Earth: The Science and Nature of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis by Ellen Prager ISBN: 0071351612 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 22 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Process Geomorphology by Dale F. Ritter, R. Craig Kochel, Jerry R. Miller ISBN: 0697344118 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 19 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $116.45 |
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