Ghosts Of Vesuvius: A New Look At The Last Days Of Pompeii, How Towers F all, And Other Strange Connections

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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now, paleontologist Charles Pellegrino, presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed townsand brings to vivid life the people, their last moments, and the aftermath.

The lessons learned from modern scrutiny of that ancient eruption produce disturbing echoes in the present. Dr. Pellegrino, who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9-11 attack, shares his unique knowledge of the strange physics of volcanic downblast and collapse column, drawing a direct link from past to present, and providing readers with a poignant glimpse into the last moments of our American Vesuvius.

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Charles Pellegrino has been known to work simultaneously in entomology, forensic physics, paleo-genetics, preliminary design of advanced rocket systems, astrobiology, and marine archaeology. The author of eighteen books of fiction and nonfiction, including Unearthing Atlantis, Dust, Ghosts of the Titanic, and the New York Times bestseller Her Name, Titanic, he is the scientist whose dinosaur-cloning recipe inspired Michael Crichton's bestselling novel Jurassic Park. Dr. Pellegrino lives in New York City.