BC6-A hard cover first edition book in very good+ condition. Stated first

BC6-A hard cover first edition book in very good+ condition. Stated first edition with no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in orange paper covered boards quarter bound in textured purple paper with metallic copper lettering on the spine with only very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear. A book about a volcanic disaster on January 14, 1993 that killed nine men, six from a team of scientists and three tourists, examining the crater of Galeras, an Andean volcano in southern Columbia. Acknowledgments, indexed, 239p.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations.

Book CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2001 HarperCollins hardcover

Book CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2001 HarperCollins hardcover (tan boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Small B&W era photo section. Black remainder mark bottom edges no longer considered a flaw, but there anyway. CONTENT: The fight currently raging within the volcanological community, sketched by the discrepancies between Bruce's work and Stanley Williams and Fen Montaigne's Surviving Galeras (reviewed below), concerns what is known about predicting eruptions, and particularly about Galeras when it blew, and why nine people died in that eruption (see PW, Book News, Feb. 12). In Bruce's harrowing depiction of the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption, which killed 23, 000 people, scientists and survivors describe bureaucratic foolishness, scientific discovery and human strife. In her presentation of the 1993 eruption of Galeras, another Colombian volcano, numerous interviews illuminate further human folly, and particularly Williams's pariah status among geologists. Seismologist Bernard Chouet's testimony discredits Williams's assertion that there was no warning of the eruption. Previously, Chouet had successfully predicted two eruptions from seismographic patterns also visible when Galeras erupted. While Williams says this was never brought to his attention, Bruce notes that leading a team into an active volcano without checking available data hardly seems responsible scientific practice. Chouet claims he presented his prediction technique, with Williams present, in 1991. Further, expedition members contend that, despite Galeras's signs of activity, Williams ignored advice to shorten the visit. One survivor says Williams took no safety precautions and mocked his colleagues who wore hard hats. Scientist and journalist Bruce traces the fascinating recent history of Colombian volcanoes and the scientific community's politics, wherein intellectual property generates fame and near-fortune, in an insightful, spellbinding account.

0060199202 Inscribed by Author The book is inscribed by the author in pen on the title page. The inscription reads "Connie Thanks so much! Victoria Bruce".

0060199202 Inscribed by Author The book is inscribed by the author in pen on the title page. The inscription reads "Connie Thanks so much! Victoria Bruce".