"If we want to improve our odds of surviving disaster, we need to do two things. First, we need to be prepared for the…"

"If I could take some liberty and propose a generality based on my own experience, I would say that scientists live in…"

"The problem is that the attention span of humans as individuals is a year or two. If you have a disaster, you basical…"

"One of the things I discovered in writing my book, The Dynamics of Disaster, was the thrill of learning about complet…"

"I think the only thing that has a broader range of scales than geology is astronomy. Geologists really look at things…"

"Our collective work in the geosciences has made, and must continue to make, a difference in how humans interact with …"

"Furthermore, in the current intellectual climate, and with the large numbers of scientists in the world today, there …"

"Scientific education is catholic; it embraces the whole field of human learning. No student can master all knowledge …"

"Honest investigation is but the application of common sense to the solution of the unknown. Science does not wait on …"

"Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libat…"