Quake Chasers: 15 Women Rocking Earthquake Science (Women of Power)

Polydoros, Lori

ISBN 10: 1641606460 / ISBN 13: 9781641606462

Published by Chicago Review Press, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quake Chasers: 15 Women Rocking Earthquake Science (Women of Power)
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1641606460
• ISBN 13: 9781641606462
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Sharing perspectives on their journeys into the physical sciences, these heroes provide readers with advice about overcoming adversity.
 
Quake Chasers: 15 Women Rocking Earthquake Science explores the lives of 15 diverse, contemporary female scientists with a variety of specialties related to earthquake science.
 
Dr. Debbie Weiser travels to communities post-disaster, such as Japan and China, to evaluate earthquake damage in ways that might help save lives during the next Big One. Geologist Edith Carolina Rojas climbs to the top of volcanoes or searches barren deserts for volcanic evidence to measure seismic activity. Geophysicist Lori Dengler works with governments to provide guidance and protection against future tsunamis.
 
With tenacity, intellect, and innovation, these women have crushed obstacles in society, in the lab, and out in the field. Their accomplishments leave aftershocks as they work toward revealing answers to the many riddles that lie behind earthquakes, saving lives by teaching us how to prepare for these terrifying disasters.
 
Young scientists can take away inspiration and advice on following their own dreams like these inspiring women.

Women of Power. Bold books to inspire bold moves.  

Women of Power is a timely, inclusive, international, modern biography series that profiles 15 diverse, modern women who are changing the world in their field while empowering others to follow their dreams.

About the Author

Lori Polydoros has been writing for children for over twenty years and educating for almost thirty. She currently teaches high school and community college English while writing for children. She is the author of books, articles, and short stories for newspapers, magazines, small presses, and educational publishers such as Capstone Press, Houghton-Mifflin, Reading A-Z, Highlights, and the Los Angeles Times Kids’ Reading Room. She lives in Orange, California.