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As I recall, a change of one unit by one earthquake magnitude point corresponds to a factor of
10^1.5 in released elastic strain energy. This means that a magnitude 8 quake releases about
10^7.5 times as much elastic strain energy as a magnitude 3 quake. I thus have a hard time
seeing how only 10^2 - 10^3 magnitude 3 quakes could have much effect in defusing a potential
magnitude 8 quake by dissipating the built up strain energy involved.
Give some "essay" questions your tests as I do. It will open your eyes into what your students
know and how they apply what they know.
...."The Science of Superheroes." It's one of the school's freshman seminars classes that UCI says
"introduce students to the culture of the research university."
Physicist Michael Dennin, who will teach "Superheroes" starting next month, is
using pop culture in a broad and clever way to get students to think critically.
The source material for the course is "The Science of Superheroes," by Lois Gersh and Robert
Weinberg, a paperback that asks the reader to think logically about the super and supernatural.