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Richter's scale : measure of an earthquake, measure of a man / Susan Elizabeth Hough.
LIBRA QE22.R475 H68 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hough, Susan Elizabeth, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Richter, Charles, 1900-1985.
- Richter, Charles.
- Seismologists--United States--Biography.
- Seismologists.
- Richter scale.
- Earthquakes.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- "An extraordinary piece of scientific biography."--Seth Stein, coauthor of "Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure"
- "Full of surprises. A story well worth reading."--Cliff Thurber, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Contents:
- The magnitude of the problem
- Formative years
- Margaret Rose
- Harnessing the horses
- Earthquake exploration
- The Kresge era
- Beno Gutenberg
- Earthquake!
- Richter scale
- Charlie
- Lillian
- Richter's women
- Autumn
- Asperger's syndrome
- Here it comes again
- Predicting the unpredictable
- Sizing up earthquake hazard
- Hazard in a nuclear age
- Supernova
- Appendix: A belated farewell.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-324) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780691128078
- 0691128073
- OCLC:
- 69028234
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