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THE MYTH OF SOLID GROUND
By: David L. Ulin
Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith
Penguin
July 2010
On Sale: June 26, 2005
304 pages
ISBN: 0143035258
EAN: 9780143035251
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Earthquakes are one of the great unsolved geological mysteries. Attempts to predict them have ranged from studies of Californiaβs fault lines by USGS geologists to the work of an odd assortment of psychics and apocalyptics who base their sometimes startlingly accurate forecasts on everything from changes in the earthβs magnetic fields to the behavior of whales. The Myth of Solid Ground is a journey, both personal and cultural, through the world of earthquakes and earthquake prediction, one that seeks a middle ground between science and superstition, while also looking for a larger context in which seismicity might make sense. An excellent primer on the science of seismology, The Myth of Solid Ground looks at earthquakes as the ultimate metaphor for living with impending disaster.
 Media BuzzCBS Sunday Morning - October 24, 2010
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