Sir Harold Jeffreys
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Abstract
Sir Harold Jeffreys is a world authority in theoretical geophyiscs. hew as born in Northumbria (northeast of England) and educated at Armstrong College (now the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and Cambridge University. He is now a Senior Fellow of St.John's College, Cambridge. He has published over 300 scientific papers and is the author of 7 books, including Theory of Probability and Mathematical Physics (with his wife, Lady Bertha Swirles Jeffreys). Sir Harold has made innumerable theoretical contributions to seismology. Many of these are documented in his book The Earth, which has been published in six editions. His papers have recently been collated by Gordon and Breach (Publishers) into six volumes, Collected Papers on Sir Harold Jeffreys on Geophyiscs and other Sciences. Some idea of the breadth of this research can be seen from the individual volume titles: "Theoretical and Observational Seismology," "Observational Seismology," "Gravity," "Dissipation of Energy and Thermal History," "Astronomy and Geophysics," and "Matematics, Probability and Miscellaneious Other Sciences."
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Sir Harold Jeffreys |
| Series title | Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S Geological Survey |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 48 |
| Last page | 53 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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