Jupiter Effect Reconsidered Author:Stephen H. Plagemann, John R. Gribbin In 1975 Vintage published THE JUPITER EFFECT, in which thow astrophysicists predicted that, as a result of planetary alignment, there would be extensive earthquake and volcanic eruptions in the western United States and elsewhere in 1982. As it turned out, this activity came in 1980 with the Mount St. Helens' disasters and the earthquakes in Cal... more »ifornia and other parts of the world. In this book, the authors explain why their forecast was two years off, why the other information in the original book remains valid, what new information about planetary influence, plate tectonics and the role of continental drift in earthquake tensions has come to light in the past seven years, and waht we may expect in the near future.« less