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BEYOND THE MOON: A CONVERSATIONAL, COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE TIDES - Hardcover

McCully, James Greig

 
9789812566430: BEYOND THE MOON: A CONVERSATIONAL, COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE TIDES
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9812566430 ISBN 13: 9789812566430
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Finally, someone has written a comprehensive, easily readable explanation of the tides on earth that is both simple enough for students and solid enough for their professors. Step by step, by analogy and illustration, Beyond the Moon describes how the cyclical motion of the near solar system is impressed upon the earth's oceans, and how the hydraulics over the continental shelf and the geography of the coastline orchestrate this rhythm into the bewildering variety of tide patterns seen around the globe. This volume demystifies the complexity of the tides by systematically examining its many constituents and demonstrates that: "Nature is, at once, awesome in complexity and beautiful in simplicity."

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Review

?McCully's dissection of the sciences eases the journey and his prose is very readable, even literary at times ..."

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Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9812566430
ISBN 13 
9789812566430
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
304