Earthquakes Quote by Charles Francis Richter

“With each integer on the Richter scale, there is a tenfold increase in the number of earthquakes that occur annually. On average, there is…

— Marcia Bjornerud

Incidentally, the usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in…

— Charles Francis Richter

Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.

— Abdolkarim Soroush

We can deduce, often, from one part of physics like the law of gravitation, a principle which turns out to be much more valid…

— Richard P. Feynman

The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending…

— Charles Francis Richter

If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final result, even though the same body of data might…

— Charles Francis Richter

“Finally, we learn to be completely self-sufficient and create our own earthquakes, so our mental process feeds itself explosive inspirations without the need for…

— Josh Waitzkin

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

— Bertrand Russell

It is important to realize that in physics today, we have no knowledge of what energy is

— Richard P. Feynman

The most remarkable feature about the magnitude scale was that it worked at all and that it could be extended on a worldwide basis.…

— Charles Francis Richter

“Albert Einstein’s equation, E=MC2, is considered to be a theory. Despite being one, we have been able to use it to produce the energy…

— Stephen Richards

What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved…

— Charles Francis Richter