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A scientist at the seashore

Title
A scientist at the seashore / James Trefil ; illustrations by Gloria Walters.
Author
Trefil, James, 1938-
Publication
New York : Scribner, ©1984.

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Book/TextUse in library QC28 .T67 1984Off-site

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Description
ix, 208 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Physics
  • Beaches
  • Physics
  • Bathing Beaches
  • physics
  • PHYSICS
  • BEACHES
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Look at all that water -- The salt salt sea -- The tides -- The search for Planet X -- The back of the moon -- Making waves -- The surf -- Bubbles in the foam -- The shape of the wave -- Queen Anne's pudding -- Of beaches and baseballs -- Castles in the sand -- Sailing ships and skeletons -- Skipping stones.
ISBN
  • 0684182351
  • 9780684182353
LCCN
84014112
OCLC
  • ocm11067985
  • 11067985
  • SCSB-9616044
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library