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

Title: Richter's scale : measure of an earthquake, measure of a man / Susan Elizabeth Hough.
Author: Hough, Susan Elizabeth, 1961-
Publication: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.

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Description

xii, 335 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-324) and index.

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.

Call Number

JSE 10-436

ISBN

9780691128078 (hc : alk. paper)
0691128073 (hc : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006016480

OCLC

69028234

Author

Hough, Susan Elizabeth, 1961-

Title

Richter's scale : measure of an earthquake, measure of a man / Susan Elizabeth Hough.

Imprint

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-324) and index.

Research Call Number

JSE 10-436

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