Earthshaking Science by Susan Elizabeth Hough, Princeton University Press, £17.95, ISBN 0691050104 Reviewed by Sue Bowler
ANYONE who has ever driven an elderly, ailing car knows the feeling: it’s going to break down, but who knows when, where and what part of the system will fail? Predicting earthquakes is much the same. Tidy forecasts of what, when, where and how much it will cost are as rare for quakes as for car repairs, and about as reliable. Have earthquake seismologists failed, then?
Susan Elizabeth Hough says not, and Earthshaking Science sets out her case. This book combines an excellent outline…
