Beyond the Moon: A Conversational, Common Sense Guide to Understanding the Tides (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789812566447)

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
ISBN-10: 9812566449
ISBN-13: 9789812566447
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2006
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.54d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2006 pg. 666