Beyond the Moon: A Conversational, Common Sense Guide to Understanding the Tides

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."

Author: James Greig McCully
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: 05/01/2006
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9789812566447
ISBN10: 9812566449
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Earth Sciences | Oceanography
- Science | Earth Sciences | Hydrology
- Science | Physics | Geophysics