Word: seismographic
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When Steim's seismograph was installed at Caltech in 1988, it replaced "something like over 40 specialized seismographs," according to Adam Dziewonski, professor of geophysics at Harvard...
...contrast to a tuning fork which can produce only one pitch at one volume, Steim's seismograph works like a grand piano by harmonizing various signals from one source to create a more polished and rich composition...
...even his wall decorations betray his true love. Scrolled across the back of his room is a poster depicting a graph resembling the output from a seismograph. "It's the Riemann zeta function on the critical line," says Kedlaya. Apparently, solving a problem relating to the function is tantamount in prestige to proving Fermat's Last Theorem...
...societal impact of earth quakes is notignored in Harvard classrooms. Ekstrom says thathe plans to use the California earth quake "as avery topical example" in his class to discussquake-related topics, such as the costs andresponsibilities associated with clean-up.CrimsonEdward H. WuA seismograph on the first floor of theScience Center shows the L.A. quake...
DIED. Charles F. Richter, 85, pioneer seismologist who between 1932 and 1935 helped devise the Richter scale, universally used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes; of coronary-artery disease; in Pasadena, Calif. Richter's interest in earthquakes was so great, he had a seismograph installed in his living room. In his final days, he avidly followed news reports on the Mexico City temblors from his hospital...