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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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | QC861.2 .B64 1987 | Off-site |
Details
- 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
- 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