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RICHTER, CHARLES FRANCIS. 1900-1985. 6 Autograph Manuscripts Signed ("Charles F. Richter"), approx. 762 pp recto and verso, 4to, Stanford and Pasadena, September 24, 1919 to March 27, 1934, being early journals kept by Richter during his university years and early career,
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RICHTER, CHARLES FRANCIS. 1900-1985.
6 Autograph Manuscripts Signed ("Charles F. Richter"), approx. 762 pp recto and verso, 4to, Stanford and Pasadena, September 24, 1919 to March 27, 1934, being early journals kept by Richter during his university years and early career, all in period notebooks with cardstock or limp covers, wear to covers, some leaves fragile.
Charles Richter was a physicist and seismologist at Cal Tech who is best remembered as the creator of the Richter magnitude scale which was the first to quantify the size and power of earthquakes. He was an obsessive diarist throughout his life, and in these volumes dating from his early years, he carefully details his transition from university student to doctoral student to emerging scientist. His journals are filled with equations and experiment observations, but also contain much of the personal reflection that we expect from a young person's diary, wondering about the universe and his place in it, wondering if he will ever find love. The journals break down thus:
September 24 to December 5, 1919: provides detail about traveling from Los Angeles to Palo Alto, school life and work, family news.
December 6, 1919 to April 14, 1920: mentions thermodynamics, chess club, girls.
April 15, 1920 to May 19, 1922: writes extensively on western civilization, sexual ethics, and defines what his personal credo is.
May 19, 1922 to May 31, 1924: covers detached. Anticipates a romantic relationship; writes notes on form and content of poetry; solves advanced math problems.
May 31, 1924 to June 27, 1926: first 12 leaves have been excised. Discusses creative writing, fractional derivatives, provides a "summary of history."
August 4, 1928 to March 27, 1934: criticism of the writings of Dewey; notes on April 28, 1930 eclipse; analysis of "Humanism and America."
From May 19, 1922, writing on sexual ethics: "... in any case where a woman's 'reputation' is involved, I shall use a condom. I shall always be prepared, in case the condom breaks and pregnancy results, to marry the girl at once, regardless of possible consequences. / Conditions at present are such that I expect soon to have sexual intercourse...."
Charles Richter was a physicist and seismologist at Cal Tech who is best remembered as the creator of the Richter magnitude scale which was the first to quantify the size and power of earthquakes. He was an obsessive diarist throughout his life, and in these volumes dating from his early years, he carefully details his transition from university student to doctoral student to emerging scientist. His journals are filled with equations and experiment observations, but also contain much of the personal reflection that we expect from a young person's diary, wondering about the universe and his place in it, wondering if he will ever find love. The journals break down thus:
September 24 to December 5, 1919: provides detail about traveling from Los Angeles to Palo Alto, school life and work, family news.
December 6, 1919 to April 14, 1920: mentions thermodynamics, chess club, girls.
April 15, 1920 to May 19, 1922: writes extensively on western civilization, sexual ethics, and defines what his personal credo is.
May 19, 1922 to May 31, 1924: covers detached. Anticipates a romantic relationship; writes notes on form and content of poetry; solves advanced math problems.
May 31, 1924 to June 27, 1926: first 12 leaves have been excised. Discusses creative writing, fractional derivatives, provides a "summary of history."
August 4, 1928 to March 27, 1934: criticism of the writings of Dewey; notes on April 28, 1930 eclipse; analysis of "Humanism and America."
From May 19, 1922, writing on sexual ethics: "... in any case where a woman's 'reputation' is involved, I shall use a condom. I shall always be prepared, in case the condom breaks and pregnancy results, to marry the girl at once, regardless of possible consequences. / Conditions at present are such that I expect soon to have sexual intercourse...."