TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bourriau, Janine
TI  - Understanding catastrophe
SN  - 9780521032193
U1  - 904 BOU 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -