Krakatoa: the day the world exploded, 27 August 1883
Sciences et technologies
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
The author focuses on one of the most cataclysmic events of modern history: the volcanic eruption, in 1883, of the South East Asian island of Krakatoa, which resulted in the deaths of 36,000 people and sent shock-waves around the world.… Winchester veers between eyewitness accounts by survivors and the limited scientific measurements of the time in an attempt to describe the indescribable. 2003.