Volcanoes: Fire from the Earth (New Horizons)
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (552 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0500300283 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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VOLCANOES: REVIEWING A BOOK, TWO LIVES AND THE WEB William P. Palmer VOLCANOES: REVIEWING A BOOK, TWO LIVES AND THE WEBMany years ago I purchased an excellent small book by Maurice Krafft (1991) and it is this book that I am about to review, though in this case the author's life is as interesting as the book itself. I personally have always found volcanoes and volcanic phenomena fas. Volcano Only like this book because it was written by Maurice Krafft. His knowledge is great but just not an interesting book to kids.
Rivers of molten rock obliterating all in their path, earth tremors, toxic gases and a pall of smoke spreading across the skies - volcanoes and their devastating effects have been shrouded in legend since the dawn of time. Maurice Krait, a world expert on volcanoes, completed this study shortly before his death in the eruption of Mount Unzen in Japan.. Once thought to be outpourings from Hell or the work of other supernatural forces, these extraordinary geological phenomena are now more clearly understood, thanks to vulcanologists who have dared to approach Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli, Mount St Helens or Cotopaxi