Vesuvius
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Author |
: Flavio Dobran |
Publisher |
: Elsevier |
Total Pages |
: 430 |
Release |
: 2006-06-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780080459103 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0080459102 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Vesuvius by : Flavio Dobran
VESUVIUS 2000 is an interdisciplinary project aimed at producing a safe and prosperous habitat for the people living around Vesuvius. To produce this environment requires an effective collaboration between the experts and the public, whereby the danger from the volcano is used to reorganize the territory and thus produce new opportunities for the people surrounding the volcano. As an all inclusive physico-mathematical-computer model of the volcano, the Global Volcanic Simulator is a key tool for determining the effects of different eruption scenarios and thus for urban planning of the territory. Unlike the evacuation plans which tend to manage emergencies, VESUVIUS 2000 aims at preparing the Vesuvius area to confront future eruptions with minimal socio-economic and cultural consequences.* Addresses volcanic risk mitigation in densely populated area surrounding Vesuvius* Provides education about volcanos* Displays physical modeling of eruption processes and integration of models
Author |
: Sean Cocco |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 335 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226923710 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226923711 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Watching Vesuvius by : Sean Cocco
This work explores the question of Vesuvius as an object of study in the early modern science of volcanism from the investigations and opinions of humanists and naturalists in the late Renaissance to the early 18th-century philosophizing on volcanoes and the development of geology later in the century.
Author |
: Charles R. Pellegrino |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 499 |
Release |
: 2005-08-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780060751005 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0060751002 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ghosts of Vesuvius by : Charles R. Pellegrino
A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now palaeontologist Charles Pellegrino presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed towns – and brings to vivid life the people, their last moments, and the aftermath. The lessons learned from modern scrutiny of that ancient eruption produce disturbing echoes in the present. Dr Pellegrino, who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, shares his unique knowledge of the strange physics of volcanic 'downblast' and 'collapse column', drawing a direct link from past to present, and providing readers with a poignant glimpse into the last moments of the 'American Vesuvius'.
Author |
: Fergus Mason |
Publisher |
: BookCaps Study Guides |
Total Pages |
: 84 |
Release |
: 2013-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781629171340 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1629171344 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pompeii by : Fergus Mason
Pompeii was one of most advanced cities of its time; it had a complex water system, gymnasium, and an amphitheater. Despite it's advancements, there was one thing it wasn't ready for: Mount Vesuvius—the volcano that led to its ultimate doom. The 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius was one of the worst disasters in all of European history. In a near instant, over 15,000 people were dead and a city was completely destroyed. This book looks at the rise, fall, and rediscovery of the great city of Pompeii.
Author |
: Pedar W. Foss |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 323 |
Release |
: 2022-03-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000557183 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000557189 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius by : Pedar W. Foss
Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius is a forensic examination of two of the most famous letters from the ancient Mediterranean world: Pliny the Younger’s Epistulae 6.16 and 6.20, which offer a contemporary account of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. These letters, sent to the historian Tacitus, provide accounts by Pliny the Younger about what happened when Mt Vesuvius exploded, destroying the surrounding towns and countryside, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, and killing his uncle, Pliny the Elder. This volume provides the first comprehensive full-length treatment of these documents, contextualized by evidence-rich biographies for both Plinys, and a synthesis of the latest archaeological and volcanological research which answers questions about the eruption date. A new collation of sources results in a detailed manuscript tradition and an authoritative Latin text, while commentaries on each letter offer copiously referenced insights on their structure, style, and meaning. Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius offers a thorough companion to these letters, and to the eruption, which will be of interest not only to those working on Vesuvius, Pompeii, and Herculaneum, and the works of Pliny but also to general readers, Latin students, and scholars of the Roman world more broadly.
Author |
: Sara Bisel |
Publisher |
: Mississauga, Ont. : Random House of Canada |
Total Pages |
: 64 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0394221982 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780394221984 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Secrets of Vesuvius by : Sara Bisel
By "reading" the bones of people killed in the town of Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, an anthropologist reconstructs their lives.
Author |
: Mary Beard |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2010-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674045866 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674045866 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fires of Vesuvius by : Mary Beard
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Here, acclaimed historian Beard explores what kind of town it was, and what it can reveal about "ordinary" life there.
Author |
: Alwyn Scarth |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 360 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105124131298 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Vesuvius by : Alwyn Scarth
Exploring this celebrated wonder from scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives, Vesuvius provides a colorful portrait of a formidable force of nature.--From publisher's description.
Author |
: Daisy Dunn |
Publisher |
: Liveright Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2019-12-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781631496400 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1631496409 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny by : Daisy Dunn
“A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world.”—Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder’s notebooks—filled with pearls of wisdom—and his legacy. At its heart, The Shadow of Vesuvius is a literary biography of the younger man, who would grow up to become a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, and chronicler of the Roman Empire from the dire days of terror under Emperor Domitian to the gentler times of Emperor Trajan. A biography that will appeal to lovers of Mary Beard books, it is also a moving narrative about the profound influence of a father figure on his adopted son. Interweaving the younger Pliny’s Letters with extracts from the Elder’s Natural History, Daisy Dunn paints a vivid, compellingly readable portrait of two of antiquity’s greatest minds.
Author |
: Gillian Darley |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2015-05-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674503779 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674503775 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Vesuvius by : Gillian Darley
Volcanoes around the world have their own legends, and many have wrought terrible devastation, but none has caught the imagination like Vesuvius. We now know that immense eruptions destroyed Bronze Age settlements around Vesuvius, but the Romans knew nothing of those disasters and were lulled into complacencyÑmuch as we are todayÑby its long period of inactivity. None of the nearly thirty eruptions since AD 79 has matched the infamous cataclysm that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum within hours. Nearly two thousand years later, the allure of the volcano remainsÑas evidenced by its popularity as a tourist attraction, from Shelley and the Romantics to modern-day visitors. Vesuvius has loomed large throughout history, both feared and celebrated. Gillian Darley unveils the human responses to Vesuvius from a cast of characters as far-flung as Pliny the Younger and Andy Warhol, revealing shifts over time. This cultural and scientific meditation on a powerful natural wonder touches on pagan religious beliefs, vulcanology, and travel writing. Sifting through the ashes of Vesuvius, Darley exposes how changes in our relationship to the volcano mirror changes in our understanding of our cultural and natural environments.