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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], ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QE22.R475 H68 2007 | Off-site | |
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- Description
- xii, 335 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-324) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The magnitude of the problem -- Ch. 2. Formative years -- Ch. 3. Margaret Rose -- Ch. 4. Harnessing the horses -- Ch. 5. Earthquake exploration -- Ch. 6. The Kresge era -- Ch. 7. Beno Gutenberg -- Ch. 8. Earthquake! -- Ch. 9. Richter scale -- Ch. 10. Charlie -- Ch. 11. Lillian -- Ch. 12. Richter's women -- Ch. 13. Autumn -- Ch. 14. Asperger's syndrome -- Ch. 15. Here it comes again -- Ch. 16. Predicting the unpredictable -- Ch. 17. Sizing up earthquake hazard -- Ch. 18. Hazard in a nuclear age -- Ch. 19. Supernova -- App. A belated farewell.
- ISBN
- 9780691128078 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0691128073 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006016480
- OCLC
- ocm69028234
- 69028234
- SCSB-5320192
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries