A Scientist at the Seashore (1984)

by James S. Trefil

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A noted physicist and popular science writer heads for the beach to answer common and uncommon questions about the ocean: why the sea is salty, how bubbles form on the water's surface, where waves come from, and other curiosities of the marine world. 90 figures. 20 halftones. 1987 edition.

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What a delightful book. Although it is a layman's view of science, it is almost philosophical in how the author takes a day at the beach as the jumping off point for such a wide variety of topics as nuclear spin and plate tectonics. (

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Mennicken, Helmut	Übersetzer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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A noted physicist and popular science writer heads for the beach to answer common and uncommon questions about the ocean: why the sea is salty, how bubbles form on the water's surface, where waves come from, and other curiosities of the marine world. 90 figures. 20 halftones. 1987 edition.

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