000			00978nam a2200193Ia 4500
008			191130s2006##################000#0#eng##
020			_a9780521032193
040			_aACL _cACL
082			_a904 BOU
100			_aBourriau, Janine
245			_aUnderstanding catastrophe _cJanine Bourriau
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c2006
300			_a213 p. ; ill
500			_aIntroduction: 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
650			_aHistory
990			_a37eaa6a7ac10000c4187a17d880e0252
991			_a84780
999			_c85360 _d85360