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'''Leon Knopoff''' (born 1925) is a [[geophysicist]] and [[musicologist]].<ref name="festschrift">{{cite journal | last = Gangi | first = Anthony F. | coauthors = Fredricks, Robert W., and Hook, Joseph F. | year = 2000 | month = November | title = A volume in honour of Leon Knopoff's 75th birthday | journal = Geophys. J. Int. | volume = 143 | pages = 1 | url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046%2Fj.1365-246X.2000.01278.x | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.01278.x}}</ref> He received his education at [[Caltech]], graduating in 1949 with a PhD in physics, and after holding several academic positions, moved to [[UCLA]]. He has done fundamental work in the field of theoretical [[seismology]], for which he was honoured in 1979 by the award of the [[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]].<ref>{{cite journal | author = Seaton, M.J. | title = Gold Medal Awarded to Knopoff, Leon | url = http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1981QJRAS..22....1S | journal = QJRAS | year = 1981 | month = March | volume = 22 | pages = 1}}</ref> He is also a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].
'''Leon Knopoff''' (July 1, 1925 – January 20, 2011) was an American [[geophysicist]] and [[musicologist]].<ref name="festschrift">{{cite journal | last = Gangi | first = Anthony F. | author2 = Fredricks, Robert W. | author3 = Hook, Joseph F. | date = November 2000 | title = A volume in honour of Leon Knopoff's 75th birthday | journal = Geophys. J. Int. | volume = 143 | issue = 2 | pages = i-ii | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.01278.x | bibcode = 2000GeoJI.143D...1G | doi-access = free }}</ref> He received his education at [[Caltech]], graduating in 1949 with a PhD in physics, and came to [[UCLA]] the following year. He served on the UCLA faculty for 60 years. His research interests spanned a wide variety of fields and included the physics and statistics of earthquakes, earthquake prediction, the interior structure of the Earth, plate tectonics, pattern recognition, non-linear earthquake dynamics and several other areas of solid Earth geophysics.<ref name="UCLAobit">{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/obituary-leon-knopoff-internationally-191539.aspx|title=Obituary: Leon Knopoff, 85, internationally distinguished UCLA scientist|accessdate=2013-11-18}}</ref> He also made contributions to the fields of musical perception and archaeology.

In 1983, Knopoff published a paper in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' with [[Steven Kilston]], suggesting that earthquakes were linked to an "alignment of the sun and moon on opposite sides of the Earth that tugged the opposite sides of faults in opposing directions".<ref name=Maugh>{{cite news |last1=Maugh |first1=Thomas H. |title=Leon Knopoff dies at 85; UCLA scientist who applied computer modeling in earthquake research |url=https://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-leon-knopoff-20110203-story.html |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=3 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Walter |author-link=Walter Sullivan (journalist)|title=A Year of Earthquakes: Is There a Worldwide Link? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/08/science/a-year-of-earthquakes-is-there-a-worldwide-link.html |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=8 November 1983}}</ref> They successfully predicted the [[1987 Superstition Hills earthquakes]].<ref name=Maugh />

==Honors and awards==
* Fellow of the [[American Geophysical Union]], 1962.
* Elected to the [[National Academy of Sciences]], 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/53715.html|title=National Academy of Sciences Member Directory|accessdate=2013-11-18}}</ref>
* Fellow of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], 1964.<ref name="UCLAobit" />
* Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], 1965.<ref name="UCLAobit" />
* Fellow of the [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|Guggenheim Foundation]], 1976.<ref name="UCLAobit" />
* Recipient of the [[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]], 1979.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Seaton, M.J. | title = Gold Medal Awarded to Knopoff, Leon | bibcode = 1981QJRAS..22....1S | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society |date=March 1981 | volume = 22 | pages = 1}}</ref>
* Medal of the [[Seismological Society of America]], 1990.<ref name="UCLAobit" />
* Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]], 1992.<ref name="UCLAobit" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?smode=advanced;f1-date=1992;startDoc=1 | title=APS Member History }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 13:14, 18 October 2024

Leon Knopoff (July 1, 1925 – January 20, 2011) was an American geophysicist and musicologist.[1] He received his education at Caltech, graduating in 1949 with a PhD in physics, and came to UCLA the following year. He served on the UCLA faculty for 60 years. His research interests spanned a wide variety of fields and included the physics and statistics of earthquakes, earthquake prediction, the interior structure of the Earth, plate tectonics, pattern recognition, non-linear earthquake dynamics and several other areas of solid Earth geophysics.[2] He also made contributions to the fields of musical perception and archaeology.

In 1983, Knopoff published a paper in Nature with Steven Kilston, suggesting that earthquakes were linked to an "alignment of the sun and moon on opposite sides of the Earth that tugged the opposite sides of faults in opposing directions".[3][4] They successfully predicted the 1987 Superstition Hills earthquakes.[3]

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ Gangi, Anthony F.; Fredricks, Robert W.; Hook, Joseph F. (November 2000). "A volume in honour of Leon Knopoff's 75th birthday". Geophys. J. Int. 143 (2): i–ii. Bibcode:2000GeoJI.143D...1G. doi:10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.01278.x.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Leon Knopoff, 85, internationally distinguished UCLA scientist". Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  3. ^ a b Maugh, Thomas H. (3 February 2011). "Leon Knopoff dies at 85; UCLA scientist who applied computer modeling in earthquake research". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Walter (8 November 1983). "A Year of Earthquakes: Is There a Worldwide Link?". New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  5. ^ "National Academy of Sciences Member Directory". Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  6. ^ Seaton, M.J. (March 1981). "Gold Medal Awarded to Knopoff, Leon". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 22: 1. Bibcode:1981QJRAS..22....1S.
  7. ^ "APS Member History".


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