Melting the Earth — The History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions: by Haraldur Sigurdsson, Oxford University Press, 1999, US$30.00, hardback.
✍ Scribed by Ronald DiPippo
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0375-6505
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✦ Synopsis
Hodgson captures this idea in the last paragraph of chapter 33: ``Birth and death. Like us, geothermal features begin and end, moving through cycles of their own. We draw towards them, lured by change, beauty, and an unusual cast of the familiar Ð water, rocks, and heat. We search them for answers to mysteries in our own lives, like birth and death. We have done this through time, and geothermal stories are the archives of our quest''.
The authors have succeeded in their objective, namely, to show how ``applications of geothermal resources stand not alone but on an historical continuum''. Their unique volume is a valuable addition to the historical literature of our geothermal world.