by Susan Elizabeth Hough (Author)
By developing the scale that bears his name, Charles Richter not only invented the concept of magnitude as a measure of earthquake size, he turned himself into a household word. This work takes the reader into Richter's life story, setting it in the context of his family and interpersonal attachments, and the history of seismology.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 02 Jan 2007
ISBN 10: 0691128073
ISBN 13: 9780691128078