Environmental Physics

by Clare Smith

Overview

First Published in 2002. Environmental Physics is a comprehensive introduction to the physical concepts underlying environmental science. The importance and relevance of physics is emphasised by its application to real environmental problems with a wide range of case studies. Applications included cover energy use and production, global climate, the physics of living things, radioactivity, environmental remote sensing, noise pollution and the physics of the Earth. The book makes the subject accessible to those with little physics background, keeping mathematical treatment straightforward. The text is lively and informative, and is supplemented by numerous illustrations, photos, tables of useful data, and a glossary of key terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415201919
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/19/2001
Series:	Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Clare Smith was formerly a Lecturer at Imperial College London and the University of Sunderland, and is now a freelance Environmental Consultant.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The forces of nature; Chapter 2 Energy; Chapter 3 Heat and radiation; Chapter 4 Solids, liquids and gases; Chapter 5 The Earth's climate and climate change; Chapter 6 Sound and noise; Chapter 7 Radioactivity and nuclear physics;