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Cambridge University Press Tides: A Scientific History

Name: Tides: A Scientific History
Brand: Cambridge University Press

20695

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This book, first published in 1998, provides a history of the study of the tides over two millennia, from the primitive ideas of the Ancient Greeks to present sophisticated space-age techniques. Tidal physics has puzzled some of the world's greatest scientists and mathematicians: amongst many others, Galileo, Descartes, Bacon, Kepler, Newton, Bernoulli, Euler, Laplace, Young, Whewell, Airy, Kelvin, G. Darwin, H. Lamb, have all contributed to our understanding of tides. The volume is amply illustrated with diagrams from historical scientific papers, photographs of artefacts, and portraits of some of the subject's leading protagonists. The history of the tides is in part the history of a broad area of science and the subject provides insight into the progress of science as a whole: this book will therefore appeal to all those interested in how scientific ideas develop. It will particularly interest specialists in oceanography, hydrography, geophysics, geodesy, astronomy and navigation.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Model: 20695
Format: Paperback
ASIN: 0521797462
Category: Books > Subjects > History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 17 August 2000
Listed Since: 04 January 2007

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