to Seismology Second, Revised Edition 1979 Springer Basel AG First
published under Markus Bath, Introduktion till Seism%gin by Natur och
Kultur Stockholm (c) 1970, Markus Bath and Bokforlaget Natur och Kultur,
Stockholm CIP-Kurztitelaufnahme der Deutschen Bibliothek Bath, Markus:
Introduction to seismology / Markus Bath. - 2., rev. ed. (Wissenschaft
und Kultur; Bd. 27) Einheitssacht.: Introduktion till seismologin (dt. )
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Preface and strengthened. to the First Edition BE NO GUTENBERG (1959)
The purpose of this book is to give a popular review of modern
seismology, its research methods, problems of current interest and
results and also to some extent to elucidate the historical background.
Especially in recent years, seismology has attracted much interest from
the general public as well as from news agencies. The reasons for this
are partly con- nected with recordings of large explosions (nuclear
tests), partly related to earthquake catastrophes. This interest and the
questions which people have asked us for the past years have to a
certain extent served as a sti- mulus in the preparation of this book.