Eruption - The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens

For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people died and the lives of many others were changed forever.

Steve Olson interweaves history, science and vivid personal stories to portray the disaster as a multi-faceted turning point. Powerful economic, political and historical forces influenced who died when the volcano erupted. The eruption of Mount St. Helens transformed volcanic science, the study of environmental resilience and our perceptions of how to survive on an increasingly dangerous planet.

About the author

Steve Olson is the author of Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens (winner of a Washington State Book Award), Mapping Human History (a finalist for the National Book Award), and other books. He has written for the Atlantic, Science, Smithsonian, and more. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Summary

Survival narrative meets scientific, natural and social history in the riveting story of a volcanic disaster.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Olson, Olson Steve
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2017
• EAN: 9780393353587
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35358-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 266 g
• Illustrations: 8 pages of illustrations; 8 maps
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Aid & relief programmes, Social impact of disasters, New Zealand, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Volcanology & seismology, Volcanology and seismology, Aid and relief programmes, New Zealand / Aotearoa, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)