Earthquake Storms

By John Dvorak,

Book cover of Earthquake Storms: The Fascinating History and Volatile Future of the San Andreas Fault

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1 author picked Earthquake Storms as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The title is a bit misleading. This book is more of a history of thinking and discovery about seismology—the study of earthquakes—with a focus on the San Andreas fault. What I like best is how Dvorak weaves the personal stories of scientists into the geologic story. Too often in textbooks and general-audience books, scientists don’t exist as human beings with foibles, preconceptions, and occasional bursts of insight. I wish that other books presented the human side of science as effectively as Dvorak. 

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