[PDF] Geologic And Seismic Investigations Of A Proposed Nuclear Power Plant Site On Bodega Head Sonoma County California eBook

Author : Max Wyss
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 22,13 MB
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0128000767

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Edited by two experts in the area, Geoethics: Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences addresses a range of topics surrounding the concept of ethics in geoscience, making it an important reference for any Earth scientist with a growing concern for sustainable development and social responsibility. This book will provide the reader with some obvious and some hidden information you need for understanding where experts have not served the public, what more could have been done to reach and serve the public and the ethical issues surrounding the Earth Sciences, from a global perspective. Written by a global group of contributors with backgrounds ranging from philosopher to geo-practitioner, providing a balance of voices Includes case studies, showing where experts have gone wrong and where key organizations have ignored facts, wanting assessments favorable to their agendas Provides a much needed basis for discussion to guide scientists to consider their responsibilities and to improve communication with the public

Author : Carl-Henry Geschwind
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 14,76 MB
Release : 2001-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0801865964

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Winner of the Book Prize of the Forum for the History of Science in America from the History of Science Society In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing to worry about. California Earthquakes explains how, over time, this attitude changed, and Californians came to accept earthquakes as a significant threat, as well as to understand how science and technology could reduce this threat. Carl-Henry Geschwind tells the story of the small group of scientists and engineers who—in tension with real estate speculators and other pro-growth forces, private and public—developed the scientific and political infrastructure necessary to implement greater earthquake awareness. Through their political connections, these reformers succeeded in building a state apparatus in which regulators could work together with scientists and engineers to reduce earthquake hazards. Geschwind details the conflicts among scientists and engineers about how best to reduce these risks, and he outlines the dramatic twentieth-century advances in our understanding of earthquakes—their causes and how we can try to prepare for them. Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it.

Author : J. Christopher Haley
Publisher :
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 50,7 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Asphalt
ISBN :

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This history of placer mining of the gold deposits of east central Alaska, near the town of Circle, covers its development from 1893 to date and includes a summary of the regional geology and of the gravels of each creek.

Author : Thomas Raymond Wellock
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 23,77 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN :

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The grassroots battle against nuclear power, told by a historian who did time on both sides of the issue. CRITICAL MASSES tells how the citizens of California--from the tiny town of Wasco in the Central Valley to the vast suburbs of Los Angeles--challenged the threat of nuclear power, transformed the anti-nuclear movement, and helped change the face of U.S. politics. 21 photos.