Ice Physics

Hobbs, Peter V

ISBN 10: 0198519362 / ISBN 13: 9780198519362

Published by Oxford Publishing Company, 1974

About this Item

Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. External Condition: Scarce in a dust jacket. Minor wear and rubbing to the corners and edges. The titling on the spine is slightly faded. Internal Condition: The previous owner's address label is on the front endpaper. The endpapers are a little grubby. The fore-edge is slightly foxed and there are two red ink marks on the title page. ISBN: 198519362. Author/Editor: Hobbs, Peter V. Publisher: Oxford Publishing Company. Year: 1974. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 837. Keywords: physics, science. The book for sale is the one in the photo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ice Physics
• Publisher: Oxford Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198519362
• ISBN 13: 9780198519362
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +

About this title

Synopsis

A comprehensive account in which emphasis is placed on the basic physical properties of ice (electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal), the modes of nucleation and growth of ice, and teh interpretation of these phenomena in terms of molecular growth.

About the Author

Peter V. Hobbs did his doctoral work at Imperial College London, before moving to the University of Washington in 1963, where he founded and directed the Cloud and Aerosol Research Group, and became a leading researcher in atmospheric physics, pioneering techniques of airborne cloud sampling. He received a number of awards for his work, including Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (1974), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1982), the American Meteorological Society's Jule G. Charney Award (1984), and Sackler Distinguished Lecturer in Planetary and Space Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 2000. He remained at Washington until his death in 2005.