Beyond The Moon: A Conversational, Common Sense Guide To Understanding The Tides - Softcover

Mccully, James Greig

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9789812566447: Beyond The Moon: A Conversational, Common Sense Guide To Understanding The Tides
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9812566449 ISBN 13: 9789812566447
Publisher: Wspc, 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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?McCully's dissection of the sciences eases the journey and his prose is very readable, even literary at times ..."

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Publisher
Wspc
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9812566449
ISBN 13 
9789812566447
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
304
Rating
  • 4.27 out of 5 stars
    22 ratings by Goodreads

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