Degrees of Disaster: Prince William Sound : How Nature Reels and Rebounds

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Summary: Degees of Disaster
Review: Degrees of disaster contains a great deal of information. Because of the scientific nature of the material, I would suggest the addition of visuals to assist the reader. The inclusion of graphs and charts would help readers digest the vast quanity of statistics presented.

It seems that the authors sporatic attempts to "personalize" the text by romanticizing the Sound act to discredit. I'm referring to passages like "I had the strongest sense of th oil being incoporated by the Sound, even embraced." Descriptions such as this and others that appear on the following page(132) detract from the book. They don't appear to "mix" with the hard science text. This incongruence caused me to wonder who his intended audience was.

I think the book focuses on problems without offering solutions. The afterward seemed shallow, as if the author was rushed or tired. Wheelwright missed an opportunity for a heart to heart with his audience.

Rating:
Summary: Degees of Disaster
Review: Degrees of disaster contains a great deal of information. Because of the scientific nature of the material, I would suggest the addition of visuals to assist the reader. The inclusion of graphs and charts would help readers digest the vast quanity of statistics presented.

It seems that the authors sporatic attempts to "personalize" the text by romanticizing the Sound act to discredit. I'm referring to passages like "I had the strongest sense of th oil being incoporated by the Sound, even embraced." Descriptions such as this and others that appear on the following page(132) detract from the book. They don't appear to "mix" with the hard science text. This incongruence caused me to wonder who his intended audience was.

I think the book focuses on problems without offering solutions. The afterward seemed shallow, as if the author was rushed or tired. Wheelwright missed an opportunity for a heart to heart with his audience.

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Summary: Brilliant, Brilliant man
Review: Though some are quick to wince and scurry from the depth and gravity of this fascinating work, those with true intellectual capacity will regard it as classic. Jeff Wheelwright writes with a type of fluidity and beauty that is rarely seen in science writing today. He should be praised and rewarded for Degrees.The continuous quality of Wheelwright's writing is astounding.