What light through yonder window breaks? : more experiments in atmospheric physics

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    • Bohren, Craig F.

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What light through yonder window breaks? : more experiments in atmospheric physics

Craig F. Bohren

(Science editions)

J. Wiley, c1991

  • : pbk

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-185) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Offers both older children and adults interested in the atmosphere a series of simple, educational experiments and activities, using everyday objects.

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.

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