Introduction: The Time Before Science
Chapter 1. Setting the Scene
The Trinity of Natural Disasters
What Is the Structure of the Earth?
Has the Earth Changed During Its History?
Chapter 4. Toward Continental Drift
Chapter 5. On the Road to Explaining Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis
Chapter 6. Continental Drift: A Theory Without a Cause
In the Shadow of Continental Drift
Chapter 8. Seafloor Spreading
Chapter 9. The Plot Thickens
Probing the Sediment Blanket
The History of the Seabed
Chapter 10. The Cycle of Birth, Life, and Destruction
The Dynamics of Seafloor Spreading
Chapter 11. Plate Tectonics: The Earth Science "Theory of Everything"
Transform Faults and New Ideas
Plates and "Plate Tectonics"
The Theory of Everything?
Chapter 12. Hydrothermal Activity: A New Ocean World
Exploring the Mid-Ocean Ridges
The Pieces Begin to Fit Together
Diversity: "Black Smokers" and "White Smokers"
Safe Havens and the Origin of Life
Chapter 13. Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes
Chapter 14. Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
Chapter 15. Plate Tectonics and Tsunamis
Chapter 16. Predicting and Mitigating Against Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis
Volcanoes: "Fire and Molten Rock"
Earthquakes: "When the Earth Moves"
Coping with Natural Disasters
Deadly Years and Megadisasters
