I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.

I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.

I would walk - not run - to the nearest seismograph.

Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.

If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.