The Heavens are falling : the scientific prediction of catastrophes in our time.

Contributor(s):

Karplus, Walter J

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Plenum Press, 1992Description: xviii, 320 p. : illISBN:

0306441306

Subject(s):

Disasters -- Forecasting

DDC classification:

363.340112

Contents:

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Bibliography: p. 305-310

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What are catastrophes?; Unscientific predictions; Scientific models; Predicting by modeling and simulation; Ozone layer depletion: the hole in the sky; Climate modification: the greenhouse effect; Nuclear radiation; Air pollution: acid rain; The AIDS epidemic; Overpopulation: the population explosion; Economic collapse: another great depression; Earthquakes: the big one is coming; The big picture; Implications and conclusions; Appendix: mathematical models of a mechanical system

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