Hal Thirlaway
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Henry 'Hal' Ivison Shipley Thirlaway (9 August 1917 – 30 November 2009) was a British seismologist
. He did extensive work on the monitoring of underground nuclear testing. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
in 1972.
Seismology
Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic,...
. He did extensive work on the monitoring of underground nuclear testing. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
-History:In the early years, more than one medal was often awarded in a year, but by 1833 only one medal was being awarded per year. This caused a problem when Neptune was discovered in 1846, because many felt an award should jointly be made to John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier...
in 1972.