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9780415201919

Environmental Physics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415201919

  • ISBN10:

    0415201918

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2001-08-24
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Many controversial environmental issues revolve around complex scientific arguments, which can be better understood with a grasp of the key scientific concepts. Environmental Physics provides an introduction to the physical principles that underlie environmental issues and shows how they contribute to the interdisciplinary field of environmental science as a whole.

Author Biography

Clare Smith was formerly a Lecturer at Imperial College London and the University of Sunderland.

Table of Contents

Series editors' preface
List of plates
List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
Acknowledgements
Introductionp. 1
The forces of naturep. 3
Energyp. 48
Heat and radiationp. 91
Solids, liquids and gasesp. 136
The Earth's climate and climate changep. 186
Sound and noisep. 220
Radioactivity and nuclear physicsp. 241
Mathematical hintsp. 282
Symbols and abbreviationsp. 288
Glossaryp. 290
Bibliographyp. 296
Indexp. 299
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