When the Snakes Awake: Animals and Earthquake Prediction

Helmut Tributsch, translated by Paul Langner

ISBN 10: 0262200449 / ISBN 13: 9780262200448

Published by MIT Press, United States, United Kingdom, 1982

Originally published as Wenn die Schlangen erwachen by Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany. Firmly bound, gray cloth boards. No writing inside. Liquid stain on the lower middle part of the front and back end papers. The jacket is price clipped, also heavily scuffed with marks and some wear including a little chipping at the top of the spine and a little paper loss from the top back corner. Seller Inventory # 098945

Synopsis:

Describes the unusual behavior animals exhibit in the hours before an earthquake, recounts atmospheric disturbances that seem to accompany quakes, and theorizes a possible connection between the two

Review:

In this exhaustive compilation of reports from about 78 earthquakes dating from 373 B.C. to 1979, Helmut Tributsch convincingly argues that there is an explanation for abnormal animal behavior before an earthquake. He also makes an impassioned plea against science's exclusive reliance on geophysical measurements for earthquake prediction.

--Barbara Bright, The New York Times Book Review

Bibliographic Details

Title: When the Snakes Awake: Animals and ...
Publisher: MIT Press, United States, United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: First UK Edition