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he reason why I wrote a book on volcanism quoted is in no way re­ A volcano is not made on purpose to frighten in German (secondeditionpublished in2000) presentative. In view of superstitious people intofits ofpietyand devo­ Trather than in English. the lingua franca of the large amountoflit­ tion; nor to overwhelm devoted cities with science, was simple. The intended users of this eratureconsulted when destruction;avolcanoshould be considered asa writing this volume, I book were not only scientists and beginning stu­ spiracletothe subterraneanfurnace, in orderto dents in the Earth sciences,but also school teach­ have not been able to prevent the unnecessary elevation of land, and ers and lay people interested in volcanoes. The trace back some infor­ let. al effKts ofearthquakes. updated English translation likewise attempts to mation to ilS primary Jam~ Hutton, Th~ry o/the Earth, Cod;cate, '795 strike a balance between providing enough sci­ source. I apologize to ence and a few up-la-date references for those those colleagues whose who want to dig deeper, while al the same time paper I have failed to quote. The 2000 German edition was also conceived to summarize some remaining digestible for those whosimplywant to know morc about volcanoes.

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