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"Hough presents a well-researched narrative...Interesting read, tracing the history of this seismic and scientific debate."

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"Seismologist Susan Hough's account offers a revealing glimpse of the personalities and issues within America's geologic community in the early twentieth century. But it also can be read as a cautionary tale about science and society."

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"Hough's book...touches the history of a subfield of earth science that has been only rarely studied before: seismology."

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"The Great Quake Debate gives all readers—historians, scientists, and interested non-experts—excellent insights into the unfolding of scientific community and scientific investigations of earthquakes in the United States, a topic crucial to public and private life then, and still."

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/07/2020
      ISBN13: 9780295747361, 978-0295747361
      ISBN10: 0295747366
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "Hough presents a well-researched narrative...Interesting read, tracing the history of this seismic and scientific debate."

      * Choice *

      "Seismologist Susan Hough's account offers a revealing glimpse of the personalities and issues within America's geologic community in the early twentieth century. But it also can be read as a cautionary tale about science and society."

      * Natural History Magazine *

      "Hough's book...touches the history of a subfield of earth science that has been only rarely studied before: seismology."

      * H-Net *

      "This book is historical and biographical writing at its very best."

      * Environment and History *

      "The Great Quake Debate gives all readers—historians, scientists, and interested non-experts—excellent insights into the unfolding of scientific community and scientific investigations of earthquakes in the United States, a topic crucial to public and private life then, and still."

      * Pacific Historical Review *

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