What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?, 9780486453361
Paperback
Abounding in lively writing and fun-filled, easy-to-perform experiments, this illustrated volume makes the fascinating world of atmospheric physics accessible to readers without a scientific background. 1991 edition.

What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?

more experiments in atmospheric physics

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    29 December 2006

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Summary

”“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 SocietyThis is the sequel to Craig Bohren’s popular Clouds i…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780486453361
ISBN-10:0486453367
Author:Craig F. Bohren, David Jones
Publisher:Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:Dover Publications Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:29 December 2006
Weight:272g
Dimensions:233mm x 157mm x 10mm
Series:Dover Science Books
About The Author

Craig F. Bohren

Craig F. Bohren is Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of two popular scientific books, Clouds in a Glass of Beer (for which he received the American Meteorological Society’s Louis J. Battan Author’s Award) and What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?, also available from Wiley. DONALD R. HUFFMAN is Regents Professor of Physics at the University of Arizona. In 1983 he and colleague Wolfgang Kratschmer produced the first sample of C60, buckminsterfullerene. The pair was honored with the MRS medal and shared in the 1994 Hewlett-Packard Eu

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