#earth

I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at these stations, with an appropriate correction for distance. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#compare #correction #distance #earthquakes #i

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

— Charles Francis Richter

#derived #earthquake #energy #introduces #quantity

What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#closer #constant #course #earthquakes #emerged

But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth. ↗

— Sally Ride

#earth #i #looking #usually #window

The view of Earth is spectacular. ↗

— Sally Ride

#spectacular #view

Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#earth #knows #like #poems #returned

At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already done; it seems rather derivative intellectually; is there a dearth of really new ideas? ↗

— Dennis Ritchie

#dearth #derivative #done #had #ideas

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. ↗

— Thomas More

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The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat. ↗

— Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#ages #also #arguing #both #demonstrated

What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce. ↗

— Mark Twain

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