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What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks? : More Experiments in Atmospheric Physics
by Craig F. Bohren 2020-07-16 07:19:20
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"Informative and engagingly idiosyncratic . . . brings the subject down to earth with offbeat, everyday examples and easy-to-follow experiments. . . . Both professionals and laymen can learn from this book." -- The New York Times Book Review"A brilli... Read more
"Informative and engagingly idiosyncratic . . . brings the subject down to earth with offbeat, everyday examples and easy-to-follow experiments. . . . Both professionals and laymen can learn from this book." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A brilliant collection of intriguing examples of the physics of everyday phenomena, with the examples presented as puzzles." -- Discover
"A delightful book." -- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
This is the sequel to Craig Bohren's popular Clouds in a Glass of Beer (also available from Dover), the book that made the fascinating world of atmospheric physics accessible to readers without a scientific background. Like its predecessor, this volume abounds in lively writing, fun-filled and easy-to-perform experiments, and numerous photographs and illustrations that offer illuminating and memorable ways to learn about an intriguing branch of science. Less
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  • 9.16x6.18x0.41inches
  • 190
  • Dover Publications
  • November 1, 2006
  • eng
  • 9780486453361
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