Screen LibraryUnearthing Fermi's geophysics : based on Enrico Fermi's geophysics lectures of 1941 /
"Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) is known for his work on experimental particle physics, quantum theory, and statistical mechanics; his contributions to the Manhattan Project during World War II; and for his particular ability to condense complicated problems into approxi...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Group Author: | |
| Published: |
University of Chicago Press,
|
| Publisher Address: | Chicago, IL : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Summary: |
"Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) is known for his work on experimental particle physics, quantum theory, and statistical mechanics; his contributions to the Manhattan Project during World War II; and for his particular ability to condense complicated problems into approximations for understanding and testing theory in a variety of scientific disciplines. This book is unusual for two reasons; first it is essentially a reconstructed course book from Fermi's notes by two physics professors, Gino Segrè and John Stack, including photographic facsimiles of Fermi's handwritten calculations. Second, it is on a topic, geophysics, that we do not usually associate with Fermi"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-283) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226805146 022680514X |
| Index Number: | QC806 |
| CLC: | P3 |
| Call Number: | P3/S455 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Gravity and precession of the earth -- Thermodynamics of the earth's atmosphere -- Loss of planetary atmosphere -- Liquid drop physics -- Coriolis effects in the earth's atmosphere -- Thermal properties and radiation at the earth's surface -- Thermal properties of the ocean -- Gravity waves -- Tide physics -- General properties of earthquakes -- Seismic waves and seismology -- Surface seismic waves and oscillations of the earth -- Radioactivity and the earth's interior -- The physics of heat flow in the earth -- Earth magnetism -- Atmospheric electricity -- Waves and plasma in the earth's high atmosphere. |