This book is the expanded version of the earlier (first edition) text. It presents new comprehensive rational quantitative theories (utilizing fundamental energy concepts throughout) covering the entire earthquake event from the point of view of the engineer. It starts with a mathematical analysis of an underground mechanism (the earthquake), then proceeds to determinations of the timewise and spacewise variations of the fundamental engineering damage-design parameter, the ground energy. Finally, the new theories are applied to a number of typical (actual) structural and non-structural design problems. Each chapter of the first edition has now been improved and enlarged and new chapters have been added to include recent research by the author and his graduate students.Contents:A Tensile Rupture Instability Similarity Earthquake MechanismThe Canonical Accelerogram and its ParametersThe Canonical Isoseismal Chart and its ParametersThe Earthquake Engineering Damage Assessment and Structural Design Charts and CurvesEfficiency — Focal DepthSuperposition of Canonical AccelerogramsSuperposition of Canonical Isoseismal Contour MapsApproximate Analytical Damage (Intensity umber) Assessment ProceduresSpecial Topics in Earthquake Structural EngineeringSome Non-Structural Applications of the Rational TheorySome Structural Applications of the Rational Theoryand other papersReadership: Civil, structural, construction and building engineers.Key Features:A comprehensive easy-to-understand book on how the brain and mind function and why it is so important for survivalIncludes scientific quotes that give the reader some experience of what scientists actually say, and the evidence on which each chapter is basedIncludes literary quotes that illustrate the real problems of survival, stress and adaptation to adversity as portrayed by novelists, poets and other non-scientific writersWritten in an accessible style, similar to articles in Scientific American or the New York Review of Books, and is intended for the non-specialist reader interested in knowing about some of the recent exciting advances in this area of brain research