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Nature 445, 599 (8 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445599a; Published online 7 February 2007

A man of magnitude

Gregory C. Beroza1

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Charles Richter developed the scale for measuring earthquakes.

BOOK REVIEWEDRichter's Scale: Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man

by Susan Elizabeth Hough

Princeton University Press: 2007. 336 pp. $27.95, £17.95

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