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Extreme Events in Nature and Society

By Albeverio , Sergio(Editor)

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2005
ISBN
3540286101, 9783540286103
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (7945264 bytes)
Series
The Frontiers Collection
Pages
352\357
Time added
2020-11-29 04:31:31
Science

Description

Significant, and usually unwelcome, surprises, such as floods, financial crisis, epileptic seizures, or material rupture, are the topics of Extreme Events in Nature and Society. The book, authored by foremost experts in these fields, reveals unifying and distinguishing features of extreme events, including problems of understanding and modelling their origin, spatial and temporal extension, and potential impact. The chapters converge towards the difficult problem of anticipation: forecasting the event and proposing measures to moderate or prevent it. Extreme Events in Nature and Society will interest not only specialists, but also the general reader eager to learn how the multifaceted field of extreme events can be viewed as a coherent whole.

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