Richter's scale measure of an earthquake, measure of a man /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hough, Susan Elizabeth, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2007]
Physical Description:
xii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Richter, Charles, -- 1900-1985.
Seismologists -- United States -- Biography.
Richter scale.
Earthquakes.
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.

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