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 克特

当然,出现的结果是,震级假设所有的地震都是相同的,除了一个不变的尺度因子。这比我们想象的更接近事实。

相关名言

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.

做梦的人可以知道无真相,甚至不知道他的梦,除非从梦中醒来。

Genius is not so much a light as it is a constant awareness of the surrounding gloom.

天才与其说是一盏灯,不如说是对周围阴暗环境的不断觉察。

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

除了我自己的困惑,我没有什么可以提供给任何人。