  We review the developments of the statistical physics of fracture and
earthquake over the last four decades. We argue that major progress has been
made in this field and that the key concepts should now become integral part of
the (under-) graduate level text books in condensed matter physics. For arguing
in favor of this, we compare the development (citations) with the same for some
other related topics in condensed matter, for which Nobel prizes have already
been awarded.
