Gregory C. Beroza, in his Book Review of Richter's Scale by Susan Hough (Nature 445,599; 2007), observes that Hough is on "shaky ground" when she uses extrapolation to explain Charles Richter's "many idiosyncrasies and indiscretions". Seismologists, including Hough, are surely familiar with being on shaky ground.
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机译：格雷戈里·贝罗萨（Gregory C. Beroza）在苏珊·霍夫（Susan Hough）撰写的《里氏尺度的书评》（自然445,599； 2007）中观察到，霍夫在用推论解释查尔斯·里希特的“许多特质和轻率”时处于“摇摇欲坠”的境地。包括霍夫（Hough）在内的地震学家肯定对处于不稳定状态很熟悉。
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