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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906, - Simon Winchester Quotes

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906,

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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, - Simon Winchester Quotes

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary,

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I would argue that William Smith turned a lot of things on their head with this map, which was a hugely important and profound development, - Simon Winchester Quotes

I would argue that William Smith turned a lot of things on their head with this map, which was a hugely important and profound development,

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A Crack in the Edge of the World - Simon Winchester Quotes

A Crack in the Edge of the World

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No one knew in those days that [parts of the world] were moving, - Simon Winchester Quotes

No one knew in those days that [parts of the world] were moving,

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and the beginning of the beginning of what is now the most populous Islamic state on earth, Indonesia. - Simon Winchester Quotes

and the beginning of the beginning of what is now the most populous Islamic state on earth, Indonesia.

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priests roved around the ruins, selecting at random those they believed guilty of heresy and thus to blame for annoying the Divine, who in turn had ordered up the disaster. The priests had them hanged on the spot. - Simon Winchester Quotes

priests roved around the ruins, selecting at random those they believed guilty of heresy and thus to blame for annoying the Divine, who in turn had ordered up the disaster. The priests had them hanged on the spot.

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Cement was a relatively new material at that time, - Simon Winchester Quotes

Cement was a relatively new material at that time,

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The comparisons to Katrina are numerous and just eerie, - Simon Winchester Quotes

The comparisons to Katrina are numerous and just eerie,

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[He buries his account of that fateful day some 250 pages into the book, choosing to explain how the quake occurred, why it happened and, most appropriately, warn people of its coming inevitability. In other words, this is a geology book - not a social history.] If by writing a book like this I could increase awareness of geology and the reasons behind earthquakes and help preparedness, ... I'd be very happy. - Simon Winchester Quotes

[He buries his account of that fateful day some 250 pages into the book, choosing to explain how the quake occurred, why it happened and, most appropriately, warn people of its coming inevitability. In other words, this is a geology book - not a social history.] If by writing a book like this I could increase awareness of geology and the reasons behind earthquakes and help preparedness, ... I'd be very happy.

Simon Winchester

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