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Title: Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics by Craig F. Bohren, Jearl Walker ISBN: 0-486-41738-7 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Quite fun, and clever
Comment: This is not a chummy kitchen science experiment book. The science is serious and some principles obtuse. I studied this sort of thing in college and found some of it tough going, though I do think I came away with a lucid understanding for the effort.
The author rambles a bit, mixing exposition and reminisces. This is not a terrible thing, but may not be what you expect. Some of the experiments are elegant and clever, and impressed my 6 year-old considerably. The author's bent is towards optical phenomena, such as why the sky is blue, more than the meteorological, though there's plenty in there.
A fun and interesting book in a conversational and sometimes amusing format. And yes, I finally can explain why the sky is blue.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent resource for teachers and professors
Comment: This book has been invaluable to me in teaching a university class on the Earth's climate. I've been able to pull off some of the clever demonstrations in the classroom. I've never read more understandable descriptions of pressure, "heat", the latent heat of vaporization, and blackbody radiation, including its relationship to the greenhouse effect. The author's dismissive comments towards global warming as just the current fad of 1982 have not stood the test of time. His book, however, will help educators explain to the public our dire circumstances so that something might be done about it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very clever
Comment: This is a very well written, creative and informative work. It's a league well above the cliche "amazing science experiments" books and offers detailed insight into atmospheric phenomena. The style is prose, not the boring step by step method that turns off many readers. You can use it to perform experiments, but it's a good readin itself. I highly recommend it to teachers - you'll learn some interesting stuff while getting your demo ideas.
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Title: Color and Light in Nature by David K. Lynch, W. C. Livingston ISBN: 0521775043 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?: More Experiments in Atmospheric Physics (Wiley Science Editions) by Craig F. Bohren ISBN: 047152915X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Flying Circus of Physics With Answers by Jearl Walker ISBN: 047102984X Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 11 October, 1977 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Turning the World Inside Out and 174 Other Simple Physics Demonstrations by Robert Ehrlich ISBN: 0691023956 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 18 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down by Robert Ehrlich ISBN: 0691028877 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 17 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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