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Subject: Re: Book Review, Please
From: "Geoffrey" gmvoeth@...........
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:08:49 -0700


Hey Guys, Your totally ignoring Forrest Mims III
of Radio Shack who invented the solenoid coil & magnet pendulous seismometer.Believe it or not it made a pretty good signal.

:-)

Some people believe smiley faces are just for children
and crazy adults.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Burnham" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Book Review, Please


> Charlie Richter's book, although 50 years old, is wonderfully _readable_
> and highly recommended on that ground alone.  You might find a copy
> kicking around the stacks of a big city public library, but you'll
> probably do better at the library of a university with a good geosci
> department.
>
> When you see the library copy, notice how it has been rebound, perhaps
> several times.  (This is an completely safe prediction.)  The reason is
> wear and tear; two or more generations of seimo students have gotten
> grounded in the subject with that book.
>
> Richter, by the way, was quite a character -- see the biography reviewed
> here:
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/21/RVG8CNHARA1.DTL
>
> All this is to say nothing whatever against Bruce Bolt, whose books give
> you a modern-day grounding, at least at the "interested layman" level. Get
> 'em and read 'em.
>
> But don't pass up Richter.
>
> Best,
>
> Robert Burnham
> http://sites.google.com/site/robertburnhamcom/
>
> =====================================================================
>
>
> Gentlemen:
>
> I would like your advice, Please.  In the past, I have bought books on
> EQ's and Seismology which ended up full of technical terms and formulas
> --WAY over my head.  I am "thinking" about C. F. Richter's 1958 book
> Elementary Seismology.
> http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Seismology-Geology-Charles-Richter/dp/0716702118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253292904&sr=8-1
>
> It has changed prices from $60 to $65 (used) within the last week.  I do
> not want to spend that kind of money if it was another book like the
> others.  I don't want book written for a grade school child, but I do not
> have the education for the technical books, I am sorry to say.
>
> Anyone familiar with Richter's book or its contents?  It seems to be out
> of print and found only in used condition.
>
> Thanks,
> Jerry
>
>
>
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