What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?: More Experiments in Atmospheric Physics

by Craig F. Bohren

Overview

This sequel to Clouds in a Glass of Beer makes the world of atmospheric physics even more accessible to readers without a scientific background. Abounding in lively writing and fun-filled, easy-to-perform experiments, it offers memorable ways to learn about an intriguing branch of science. 1991 edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486453361
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	11/17/2006
Series:	Dover Science Bks.
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Window Watching.
Interference Patterns on Garage Door Windows.
Window Watching and Polarized Light.
Fame from Window Watching: Malus and Polarized Light.
Light Bulb Climatology.
Highway Mirages.
The Greenhouse Effect Revisited.
Boil and Bubble, Toil and Trouble.
An Essay on Dew.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen Go Out in the Midday Sun.
Temperature Inversions Have Cold Bottoms.
Water Vapor Mysticism.
Strange Footprints in Snow.
The Doppler Effect.
All That's Best of Dark and Bright.
Selected Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading.
Index.