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The physics of everyday phenomena : readings from Scientific American

Title
The physics of everyday phenomena : readings from Scientific American / with an introduction by Jearl Walker.
Publication
San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, ©1979.

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Additional Authors
Walker, Jearl, 1945-
Description
86 pages : illustrations; 30 cm
Uniform Title
Scientific American.
Subject
  • Physics
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography
  • Physics
  • Meteorological Concepts
  • Oceanography
  • physics
  • meteorology
  • oceanography
  • Natuurkunde
  • Natuurverschijnselen
  • Oceanografie
  • Meteorologie
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-84) and index.
Contents
The growth of snow crystals / B.J. Mason -- The aurora / Syun-Ichi Akasofu -- The shape of raindrops / James E. McDonald -- River meanders / Luna B. Leopold and W.B. Langbein -- Thunder / Arthur A. Few -- Why the sea is salt / Ferren MacIntyre -- Ocean waves / Willard Bascom -- Fog / Joel N. Myers.
ISBN
  • 0716711257
  • 9780716711254
  • 0716711265
  • 9780716711261
LCCN
79009287
OCLC
  • ocm05101808
  • 5101808
  • SCSB-9228398
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library