Charles Richter 1900-1985

Charles Francis Richter; April 26, 1900 – September 30, 1985 was an American seismologist and physicist. Wikipedia

Born: April 26, 1900, Overpeck, Ohio, United States

Died: September 30, 1985, Pasadena, California, United States

Nationality: American

Books: Elementary seismology

Siblings: Margaret Rose Richter

Education: California Institute of Technology, Stanford University

MIT Technology Review 和 OpenMind。

On September 30, 1985 Charles Francis Richter, one of the pioneers of Seismology, a science to which he devoted more than 50 years of his life, died. The surname Richter became famous around the world for giving his name to the first scale used for measuring the scale of earthquakes.

Richter and the Earthquakes Magnitude - OpenMind

Charles Richter is the primary name of seismology. He and Gutenberg developed a system in order to measure earthquakes that is still used today.

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