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Surviving Galeras

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Houghton Mifflin, 2001 - 270 pagine
Through a harrowing first-person account of an eruption and its aftermath, SURVIVING GALERAS reveals the fascinating, high-risk realm of volcanology and explores the profound impact volcanoes have had on the earth's landscapes and civilizations.
In 1993, Stanley Williams, an eminent volcanologist, was standing on top of a Colombian volcano called Galeras when it erupted, killing six of his colleagues instantly. As Williams tried to escape the blast, he was pelted with white-hot projectiles traveling faster than bullets. Within seconds he was cut down, his skull fractured, his right leg almost severed, his backpack aflame. Williams lay helpless and near death on Galeras's flank until two brave women -- friends and fellow volcanologists -- mounted an astonishing rescue effort to carry him safely off the mountain.
The tale of how Williams survived Galeras is the framework for a groundbreaking book about volcanoes, their physical and cultural impact, and the tiny cadre of scientists who risk their own lives to gain knowledge that might one day save many others' lives.
Volcanoes unleash supremely powerful, unpredictable forces, and we have paid dearly for our understanding of their behavior. Even with ever more sensitive measuring tools and protective equipment, at least one volcanologist, on average, dies each year. Yet Williams and his fellow scientist-adventurers continue to unveil the enigmatic and miraculous workings of volcanoes and to piece together methods for predicting their actions. Volcanologists often put themselves in peril, not only because the discipline attracts risk-takers but because they know that volcanoes threaten as many as 500 million people worldwide. For Seattle, Tokyo, Mexico City, Naples -- and for volcanologists -- the clock is ticking.

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Recensione dell'utente  - Rachel (Sfogs) - Goodreads

Wow! What a moving book! The volcanology part of this book was VERY interesting, the parts refering to the Galera's eruption and it's effects was extremely sad! Leggi recensione completa

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Recensione dell'utente  - Patti - Goodreads

I enjoyed reading about this eruption and the lives it touched. Leggi recensione completa

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PROLOGUE. Surviving Galeras By STANLEY WILLIAMS and FEN MONTAIGNE Houghton Mifflin. Read the Review. My colleagues came and went in the clouds. ...
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Quirks & Quarks for April 28, 2001
Surviving Galeras. Surviving Galeras by Stanley Williams ... It’s called “Surviving Galeras” - and Dr. Williams dropped by our studio to talk about it. ...
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Geotimes - April 2001: Geomedia
No Apparent Danger and Surviving Galeras tell the tale of the Jan. ... Surviving Galeras is by Stanley Williams, a volcanic-gas geochemist and academic, ...
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Salon.com Books | Volcano wars
The eruption, as he and his co-writer, journalist Fen Montaigne, describe it in "Surviving Galeras," was a catastrophe that couldn't have been predicted or ...
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Volcanic irony : Article : Nature
BOOK REVIEWED-Surviving Galeras. by Stanley Williams & and Fen Montaigne. Houghton Mifflin: 2001. 270 pp. $25. Top of page ...
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Informazioni sull'autore (2001)

STANLEY WILLIAMS, a professor of volcanology at Arizona State University, received his Ph.D. in geology from Dartmouth in 1983. In more than two decades of research, he has worked on dozens of volcanoes on five continents. In 1993, during a conference in Pasto, Colombia, on the threat posed by nearby Galeras, he led fifteen scientists into the dormant volcano's crater to check its vital signs - gas emissions, minute gravity changes, and the like. Galeras's sudden eruption killed several of his colleagues and nearly cost Williams his life. In the wake of the eruption, Williams has requently appeared in national media to discuss his own harrowing experiences and volcanoes in general.

Fen Montaigne is a freelance writer who often contributes to National Geographic. His previous books include Surviving Galeras (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), Reeling in Russia (St. Martin's, 1998), and The First Directorate (St. Martin's, 1994).

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TitoloSurviving Galeras
AutoriStanley Williams, Fen Montaigne
Edizioneillustrata, riveduta
EditoreHoughton Mifflin, 2001
ISBN0618031685, 9780618031689
Lunghezza270 pagine
  
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