Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time.

Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time.

According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected. I have heard, however, that some philosophers, in seeking for truth, to pay homage to her, have seen their own image and adored it instead.

Lately there have been complaints that the use of the magnitude scale is confusing, or at least the reporting of magnitudes in the newspapers 'confuses the public.

Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes

No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a mother at the good fortune of a child.

The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.