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Born: Leo and Tiger in Paris, France Academic Ancestry: Descendant of Galileo Galilei (19th generation), Sir Isaac Newton FRS (16th generation), James C. Maxwell FRS FRSE (7th generation), and Joseph J. Thomson PRS OM, Nobel Laureate (5th generation).
Research Areas: Seismology, Tsunamis, Seismoacoustics Other Languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Slovak, Russian Favorite Movies: Casablanca; The Bridge on the River Kwai; l'Etranger; Mayrig; Goodbye, Lenin! Favorite Book: Les Misérables Favorite Plays: Rodogune [Corneille, 1644]; Un Client Sérieux [Courteline, 1896] Favorite Operetta: Die Fledermaus Favorite Dance: An der schönen blauen Donau [Johann Strauss (Sohn) op. 314] Favorite Food: Tripes
à la mode de Caen; Tête de Veau sauce ravigote;
Favorite Wines: Haut-Brion, Puligny-Montrachet Favorite Cars: 1971 Simca 1100 Spécial; 2000 BMW 740iL Favorite Vacationing Spots: N/A [not applicable!] Chamois de Bronze, Ecole du Ski Français, Les Ménuires, 1973 Mileage Plans: AAdvantage (AA),
Mileage Plus (UA), SkyMiles (DL),
Total hours flown:
12927
Air Travel in 2024:
172139 km in 58 flights over 219:10 hours
Record (2014):
486712 km in 167 flights over 632:10 hours
Longest flight (distance):
SFO-SIN (and SIN-SFO) 13588 km (UA B-787) Shortest flight (distance; fixed-winged):
BDR-HVN (and HVN-BDR) 24 km (PM DHC-6) Longest flight (duration):
ORD-HKG 15:35 hr (UA B-777) Shortest flight (duration; fixed-winged):
BDR-HVN 0:06 hr (PM DHC-6) Northernmost Latitude reached on land: 71 N Southernmost Latitude reached on land:
53 S Continuously reached Westernmost Longitude:
55 E (-305 W) Continuously reached
Easternmost Longitude: 175 E Highest elevation reached:
4781 m (Galera, La Oroya Railway, Peru) Lowest elevation reached:
-410 m (driven -392 m) (Dead Sea) Countries visited:
125 (driven 80 [20 LHD]; lectured 61), plus 10 territories (driven 9 [1 LHD]; lectured 3), 2 former countries and 2 former territories A RIDDLE: On one occasion, I changed countries without crossing a border
(land, sea or air).
Send solution to: emile@earth.northwestern.edu States visited in the U.S.:
50 + D.C. (driven 44 + D.C.; lectured 31 + D.C.) out of 50 + D.C. French Départements visited:
96 (driven 92; lectured 12) out of 96; Overseas: DOM: 4 (driven 4; lectured 3) out of 5, TOM/POM/COM: 2 (driven 2; lectured 2) out of 7 Time zones visited:
32 (GMT-12, GMT-11, GMT-10, GMT-9:30, GMT-8, GMT-7, GMT-6, GMT-5, GMT-4, GMT-3, GMT-2, GMT-1, GMT, GMT+1, GMT+2, GMT+3, GMT+3:30, GMT+4, GMT+4:30, GMT+5, GMT+5:30, GMT+6, GMT+6:30, GMT+7, GMT+8, GMT+9, GMT+9:30, GMT+10, GMT+10:30, GMT+11, GMT+12, GMT+13) Tectonic plates visited (no microplates): 12 out of 14
Transatlantic crossings:
537
Equator crossings:
194 International Date Line crossings:
139 (69: Westward, 70 Eastward) Iron Curtain crossings (1950-1990):
43 Email:
emile@earth.northwestern.edu Web Site: www.earth.northwestern.edu/people/emile |
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