Natural Hazards and Disasters - Hyndman, Donald (University of Montana); Hyndman, David (University of Texas at Dallas)
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"In teaching large introductory environmental and physical geology courses for many years-and, more recently, natural hazards courses-it has become clear to us that topics involving natural hazards are among the most interesting for students. Thus, we realize that employing this thematic focus can stimulate students to learn basic scientific concepts, to understand how science relates to their everyday lives, and to see how such knowledge can be used to help mitigate both physical and financial harm"--

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"In teaching large introductory environmental and physical geology courses for many years-and, more recently, natural hazards courses-it has become clear to us that topics involving natural hazards are among the most interesting for students. Thus, we realize that employing this thematic focus can stimulate students to learn basic scientific concepts, to understand how science relates to their everyday lives, and to see how such knowledge can be used to help mitigate both physical and financial harm"--
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Autorenporträt
Donald Hyndman is an emeritus professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Montana, where he has taught courses in natural hazards, regional geology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, volcanology and advanced igneous petrology. He continues to lecture on natural hazards and study climate change and its effects on the atmosphere surface processes. Donald is co-originator and co-author of six books in the ROADSIDE GEOLOGY series, one on the geology of the Pacific Northwest and he has also written a textbook entitled PETROLOGY OF IGNEOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS. His B.S. in Geological Engineering is from the University of British Columbia, and his Ph.D. in Geology is from the University of California Berkeley. He has received the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Distinguished Scholar Award, both given by the University of Montana.