![]() ![]() Albery, Master of University College, Oxford, University College Record) "This is quite simply a delicious book, thought provoking, informative and witty.".Combined with the text, they make Earthshock a wonderful book for anyone curious about natural phenomena-I would have loved a copy for Christmas when I was a teenager." "The pictures alone make this book worthwhile for anyone interested in the workings of the world.( James Lovelock, geochemist and environmentalist) "A wonderful compilation of the things that can happen when our planet does no more than turn in its long sleep.".(translated into four languages it won the US-based Association of Earth Science Editors Outstanding Publication Award for 1994) * Earthshock: Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes and Other Forces of Nature read my related feature ("How do we know how to measure longitude?") in (BBC) Focus read my related review ("Hell in the Pacific") in Nature ![]() (accompanied a Granada Television series sponsored by IBM, shown worldwide) * The Shape of the World: The Mapping and Discovery of the Earthġ989-90: George Philip/Rand McNally-with Simon Berthon ![]() Publication details of all my books, along with quotes from newspaper/magazine/journal reviews and comments by others, plus my links to my articles relating to the books, appear in three sections below: ![]()
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