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Richter's scale measure of an earthquake, measure of a man /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2007]
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xii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Online Access: | Table of contents only - |
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.