Beyond The Moon: A Conversational, Common Sense Guide To Understanding The Tides (Paperback)

James Greig Mccully

ISBN 10: 9812566449 / ISBN 13: 9789812566447

Published by World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, 2006

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Paperback. 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." Provides an explanation of the tides on earth. This book 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond The Moon: A Conversational, Common Sense Guide To Understanding The Tides (Paperback)
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9812566449
• ISBN 13: 9789812566447
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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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."

Review

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