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5.0 out of 5 stars
Everyday science at its best,
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This review is from: What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks: More Experiments in Atmospheric Physics (Wiley Science Editions) (Paperback)
A variety of everyday phenomena are explained in this little book (185 pages). Most of it is optics and thermal physics, like frost and dew on the window, interference colors, mirages, heating and cooling (of LA smog, the greenhouse effect) origin of seasons, ...Quite complex concepts like optical thickness are illustrated with nice experiments (pouring milk in water) and by foot steps in the snow. Don't be afraid of refractive index gradients or polarization upon reflection, Bohren will explain them marvelously. I hope more physics textbooks would be like this: this is intriguing science whereas geometrical optics, the school book stuff, is mostly boring. Besides, these experiments and observations can be carried out by anybody with commonly available stuff: you only need a light bulb, a ruler and some volunteers to measure solar irrandiance, with 10-20% accuracy. |
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What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks: More Experiments in Atmospheric Physics (Wiley Science Editions) by Craig F. Bohren (Paperback - Jan. 1991)
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