Scientists describe the effects of continental drift, solar wind radiation, and planetary motion on the earth's crust, warning that a major earthquake will take place in California during the Grand Alignment of all planets in 1982
John R. Gribbin is a British science writer, an astrophysicist, and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex. His writings include quantum physics, human evolution, climate change, global warming, the origins of the universe, and biographies of famous scientists. He also writes science fiction.