In two recent books, Greg Smits offers a history of earthquakes and seismology in Japan that creates a wonderful dialogue between history and the sciences. They’re books for anyone with an interest in the history of disaster, of the context of Fukushima, and of modern Japan, and we talked about both of them here. Continue reading Seismic Japan and When the Earth Roars: An Interview
It was a pleasure to talk with Conevery Bolton Valencius about her new book on the making and forgetting of knowledge surrounding a series of earthquakes that rocked the Mississippi Valley in the 19th century. It’s a great story about the history of early American science, with particularly awesome footnotes, and you can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes: An Interview
Gennifer Weisenfeld and I recently spent a wonderful afternoon at the National Humanities Center talking about her beautiful and thoughtful new book on the visual cultures of disaster following the 1923 Kanto earthquake. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Imaging Disaster: An Interview
Deborah Coen and I recently talked about her fascinating new book on earthquakes, observation, and the science of disaster in the 19th and 20th centuries. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Earthquake Observers: An Interview
Carla Nappi 