On Borrowed Time
«“On Borrowed Time takes us on a tour of North American earthquakes, from the West Coast to the Atlantic Ocean. Gregor Craigie’s well-written and comprehensive jewel provides us with an accurate understanding of earthquake science, while exploring our fears and perceptions about future large quakes.”»
John Clague, Emeritus Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Finalist, 2021 Balsillie Prize for Public PolicyA Globe and Mail Top 100 BookThe Big One and what we can do to get ready for it.Mention the word earthquake and most people think of California. But while the Golden State shakes on a regular basis, Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia are located in a zone that can produce the world's biggest earthquakes and tsunamis. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Goose Lane Editions
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781773102061
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
- Priser
- Victoria Butler Book Prize 2022
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«“On Borrowed Time takes us on a tour of North American earthquakes, from the West Coast to the Atlantic Ocean. Gregor Craigie’s well-written and comprehensive jewel provides us with an accurate understanding of earthquake science, while exploring our fears and perceptions about future large quakes.”»
John Clague, Emeritus Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University
«“On Borrowed Time is an impressive and timely reminder that large earthquakes can occur right across North America and that each passing day draws us closer to the inevitable next big one. But, as Craigie reminds us, earthquakes should not be anything to fear — providing we prepare properly.”»
Edwin Nissen, Associate Professor/Canada Research Chair in Geophysics, University of Victoria
«“On Borrowed Time is the culmination of decades of interviews and research and about four and a half years of actual writing. What sets it apart is Craigie not only speaks with seismologists and oceanographers, but actual survivors.”»
John Ackermann, <i>City News 1130</i>
«“On Borrowed Time is not a breezy read. It is an exhausting and sobering treatise on the very nature of the Earth beneath our feet and the peril of neglecting the individual and collective community preparedness that must take place — if not now, then soon.”»
Clin Newell, <i>Coffee Crew</i>
«“On Borrowed Time moves swiftly from the west to the east coast of North America, and the earthquake phenomenon reveals itself as Craigie describes the causes and results of quakes that most readers will never have heard of.”»
Brian Harvey, <i>Ormsby Review</i>