A Scientist at the Seashore is a 1984 book written by American physicist James Trefil. It is Trefil's fourth book.
Overview
editA 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.
Reviews
edit- Mercury, 15 (3): 92, June 1986, Bibcode:1986Mercu..15R..92T
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Chu, Ellen W. (February 24, 1985), "All up and down the whole creation", The New York Times
- Hannibal, Joseph (January 1985), Library Journal, vol. 110 (1 ed.), p. 93
- March, Robert H. (April 1988), Physics Today, 41 (4): 88–90, Bibcode:1988PhT....41d..88T, doi:10.1063/1.2811392
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Mattingly, Rosanna L. (May 1986), Journal of College Science Teaching, 15 (6): 564, JSTOR 42988852
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