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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 335 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1400884446
  • 9781400884445
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 551.22092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • QE22.R475 H68 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 The Magnitude of the Problem; CHAPTER 2 Formative Years; CHAPTER 3 Margaret Rose; CHAPTER 4 Harnessing the Horses; CHAPTER 5 Earthquake Exploration; CHAPTER 6 The Kresge Era; CHAPTER 7 Beno Gutenberg; CHAPTER 8 Earthquake!; CHAPTER 9 Richter Scale; CHAPTER 10 Charlie; CHAPTER 11 Lillian; CHAPTER 12 Richter's Women; CHAPTER 13 Autumn; CHAPTER 14 Asperger's Syndrome; CHAPTER 15 Here It Comes Again; CHAPTER 16 Predicting the Unpredictable; CHAPTER 17 Sizing Up Earthquake Hazard; CHAPTER 18 Hazard in a Nuclear Age; CHAPTER 19 Supernova.
APPENDIX: A Belated FarewellBibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Earthquakes by Date.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index.

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Cover; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 The Magnitude of the Problem; CHAPTER 2 Formative Years; CHAPTER 3 Margaret Rose; CHAPTER 4 Harnessing the Horses; CHAPTER 5 Earthquake Exploration; CHAPTER 6 The Kresge Era; CHAPTER 7 Beno Gutenberg; CHAPTER 8 Earthquake!; CHAPTER 9 Richter Scale; CHAPTER 10 Charlie; CHAPTER 11 Lillian; CHAPTER 12 Richter's Women; CHAPTER 13 Autumn; CHAPTER 14 Asperger's Syndrome; CHAPTER 15 Here It Comes Again; CHAPTER 16 Predicting the Unpredictable; CHAPTER 17 Sizing Up Earthquake Hazard; CHAPTER 18 Hazard in a Nuclear Age; CHAPTER 19 Supernova.

APPENDIX: A Belated FarewellBibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Earthquakes by Date.

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