Charles Richter and the story of the Richter scale / Susan Zannos.
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TextSeries: Unlocking the secrets of sciencePublication details: Bear, Del. : Mitchell Lane Publishers, c2004.Description: 48 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 1584151757 (lib. bdg.) :
- 551.22/092 B 21
- QE22.R475 Z36 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Earthquakes -- Early years -- A happy accident -- The Richter scale -- What causes earthquakes? -- Drifting continents -- A complex man.
A biography of the American scientist, Charles Richter, who developed a scale for measuring the intensity of earthquakes.