[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] new book of possible interest to ceus-earthquakes-hazards

[Susan Hough]

Hi Oliver,
My new book is out (yay!), and might be of interest to listserv members --
New Madrid (Iben Browning!) features prominently in the story.
Cheers,
Sue



An earthquake can strike without warning and wreak horrific destruction
and death, whether it's the cataclysmic 2008 Sichuan quake in China or a
future great earthquake on the San Andreas Fault in California, which
scientists know is inevitable. Yet despite rapid advances in earthquake
science, seismologists still can't predict when the Big One will hit.
Predicting the Unpredictable is the first book to explain why, exploring
the fact and fiction behind the science--and pseudoscience--of earthquake
prediction.

Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake
Prediction, S. Hough (January 2010) 262 pp. ISBN: 978-0-691-13816-9.
US$24.95,£16.95.  URL: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8990.html