California Earthquakes

California Earthquakes recounts the story of a small group of scientists and engineers who embraced the Progressive Era's faith in science and technology as the one best way to safeguard people from a natural hazard. Their efforts throughout the twentieth century, argues Carl-Henry Geschwind, resulted in the modern "regulatory-state" apparatus that supports earthquake-prediction research and seeks to protect society from seismic hazard. This is a compelling story filled with rich personalities and intriguing political maneuverings, and it illuminates the role of science and, to a lesser extent, technology in the modern world

Environmental ethics · Environmental hazard · Epistemology · Faith · Geography · Hazard · Natural hazard · Political science · Politics · State (computer science) · Engineering · History · Law · Philosophy · Seismology and Earthquake Studies