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Published June 2004 | public
Journal Article

A Conversation with Frank Press

Abstract

Geophysicist Frank Press was director of Caltech's Seismological Laboratory from 1957 to 1965. In this interview, he recalls his work with Maurice Ewing at Columbia's Lamont Geological Observatory; his directorship of Caltech's Seismological Laboratory and colleagues Charles Richter, Beno Gutenberg, and Hugo Benioff; his work on the free oscillations of the earth; and his part in establishing the worldwide network of seismographs for the detection of nuclear weapons testing.

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© 2004 Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel. My thanks to Dr. Press for permission to publish this oral history and to colleagues Sara Lippincott and Roger H. Stuewer for valuable discussions.

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