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Clouds in a glass of beer : simple experiments in atmospheric physics

Title
Clouds in a glass of beer : simple experiments in atmospheric physics / Craig F. Bohren ; foreword by Jearl Walker.
Author
Bohren, Craig F., 1940-
Publication
New York : Wiley, ©1987.

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Additional Authors
Walker, Jearl, 1945-
Description
xv, 195 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
Presents over 25 experiments to observe and to reproduce natural phenomena with simple materials.
Series Statement
Wiley science editions
Uniform Title
Wiley science editions.
Subject
  • Atmospheric physics
  • Atmospheric physics > Experiments
  • Atmospheric physics
  • Atmospheric physics > Experiments
  • Atmosphäre
  • Physik
  • Physique de l'atmosphère > Expériences
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [187]-190.
Contents
Clouds in a glass of beer -- Genies in jars, clouds in bottles, and a bucket with a hole in it -- Happy ducks, like happy people, perform best with cool heads -- Sugar and spice: Dirty wet-bulb temperature -- Mixing clouds -- Conceptions and misconceptions of pressure -- Dew drops on a bathroom mirror -- Murder in Ceylon -- Freezing of lakes -- Greenhouse effect -- Black clouds -- Once in a blue moon -- Green flash -- Multiple scattering at the breakfast table -- Multiple scattering at the beach -- On a clear day you can't see forever -- A serendipitous iridescent cloud -- Physics on a manure heap: More about black clouds -- Polarization of skylight -- Colors of the sea -- Indoor rainbows -- Why rainbows are not impossible in winter.
ISBN
  • 0471624829
  • 9780471624820
LCCN
87013375
OCLC
  • ocm15789839
  • 15789839
  • SCSB-1708707
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library