Bourriau, Janine <br/><br/>
Understanding catastrophe 
Janine Bourriau 
 - Cambridge  Cambridge University Press  2006 
 - 213 p. ; ill 
<br/><br/> Introduction: understanding catastrophe Geoffrey Lloyd; 1. Supernovae and stellar catastrophe Robert P. Kirshner; 2. The extinction of the dinosaurs Walter Alvarez and Frank Asaro; 3. Darwin and catastrophism Martin Rudwick; 4. Evolution and catastrophe theory Christopher Zeeman; 5. Earthquakes Claudio Vita-Finzi; 6. Storms and cyclones Nicholas Cook; 7. Famine in history Peter Garnsey; 8. The case of consumption Roy Porter; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521032193 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>904 BOU