The Control of Nature

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Summary: Controlling the Lava
Review: When reading this book for my intro to geology class, I found it to have alot of inpertinent information. For example, in the section to control the lava flow in Iceland, it gave a lot of unnecessary information about the appearance of many of the men on the mission to control the flow of lava. I didn't care to know what the men looked like; I was only interested in the methods they utilized to protect themselves. The information was unnecessary and boring. Also in the section of controlling the Mississippi, they assumed that the reader knew what a dam was or other devices they used to control the water. Since I don't live near any flood plains, it was hard to understand how the devices worked because lack of clear description.