About this title: 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 nothing less than a household word. He remains the only seismologist whose name anyone outside of narrow scientific circles would likely recognize. Yet few understand the Richter scale ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press [2007], Princeton
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780691128078ISBN:0691128073
Description: Very Good in Fine jacket. First edition. [337] pages [last numbered page is 335], illustrated, bibliography, acknowledgments, index, earthquakes by date. Owner's name else Near Fine copy [slight spine cocking] in Fine Dust Wrapper. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780691128078ISBN:0691128073
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 9&1/2" by 6&1/2" Red spine on gray boards, gilt title, clean and tight, 335 pages, illustrated; jacket is clean and bright. Bottom edge says "examination copy not for resale" read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780691128078ISBN:0691128073
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Princeton University Press, 2007. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780691128078ISBN:0691128073
Description: 8vo, hardcover. Good condition in near fine dj. Shallow glue-repaired tear/abrasion & smudging to edge of front endpaper w/ crinkling along edge of opening pgs, however interior bright, crisp & clean, unread; dj very faintly rubbed. xii, 335 p., illus. read more
Binding: Trade paper
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Woodstock, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780691128078ISBN:0691128073
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Examination Copy. 8vo-over 4¾"-9¾" tall. 336 pages, examination copy on bottom edges, otherwise new. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780691128078ISBN:0691128073
Description: Pix B/W. New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 335 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Book & Jacket R new, not lby copy. This new copy is"Examination Copy Not for Resale: Rare first edition so stamped on botton pages. On Richter scale this ia a 10. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780691128078ISBN:0691128073
Description: "If ever there was a subject crying out for a good biography it is Charles Richter, whose name we hear all too often on the news, a tocsin of catastrophe. If ever there was the ideal person to write his story it is Susan Hough, the seismologist who h... read more
Description: Like New. SHIPS FROM GERMANY. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING! Allow 10-14 business days for delivery. Please always check the language in the product description section. Few left in stock-order soon. Selling online since 1995. Code: L20091122205143I. read more
Description: "If ever there was a subject crying out for a good biography it is Charles Richter, whose name we hear all too often on the news, a tocsin of catastrophe. If ever there was the ideal person to write his story it is Susan Hough, the seismologist who has so successfully made her mission the intelligent popularization of her calling. The combination of subject and writer is peerless-this is a quite wonderful story, impeccably told. If ever there was to be a Richter scale for biography, this surely ... read more
Description: Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. "If ever there was a subject crying out for a good biography it is Charles Richter, whose name we hear all too often on the news, a tocsin of catastrophe. If ever there was the ideal person to write his story it is Susan Hough, the seismologist who has so successfully made her mission the intelligent popularization of her calling. The combination ... read more
Description: New in new dust jacket. Book in Fairly New condition. Ships via Regular Mail/ FedEx Courier, Please allow 5 to 6 business days for delivery. read more
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