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"...a major contribution to the history of the astronomical and geophysical sciences...[Cartwright's] description of the observations and mathematical advances that make up the history of the science of tides is clear, rigorous and enjoyable...[the] sequence of chapters takes on the rhythm of the history...a masterpiece." Nature
"...a labor of love, based on wide readings and sound judgment, and it is bound to remain the standard reference work on the subject for a long time." American Scientist
"...a synopsis of developments in the theory, observation and prediction of the tides, flavoured with illustrations from the pages of historical scientific papers, photographs and portraits...[Cartwright] writes with informed scientific judgement, authority and quiet enthusiasm." Times Literary Supplement
"David Cartwright [is] a world authority, and gives a magisterial account of how understanding has slowly replaced the mysteries of the tides. Detailed, erudite and clear." New Scientist
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This book provides a history of the study of the tides over two millennia, from the primitive ideas of the Ancient Greeks to present sophisticated space-age techniques. Tidal physics has puzzled some of the world's greatest scientists and mathematicians: amongst many others, Galileo, Descartes, Bacon, Kepler, Newton, Bernoulli, Euler, Laplace, Young, Whewell, Airy, Kelvin, G. Darwin, H. Lamb, have all contributed to our understanding of tides. The volume is amply illustrated with diagrams from historical scientific papers, photographs of artefacts, and portraits of some of the subject's leading protagonists. The history of the tides is in part the history of a broad area of science and the subject provides insight into the progress of science as a whole: this book will therefore appeal to all those interested in how scientific ideas develop. It will particularly interest specialists in oceanography, hydrography, geophysics, geodesy, astronomy and navigation.
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"...a major contribution to the history of the astronomical and geophysical sciences...[Cartwright's] description of the observations and mathematical advances that make up the history of the science of tides is clear, rigorous and enjoyable...[the] sequence of chapters takes on the rhythm of the history...a masterpiece." Nature
"...a labor of love, based on wide readings and sound judgment, and it is bound to remain the standard reference work on the subject for a long time." American Scientist
"...a synopsis of developments in the theory, observation and prediction of the tides, flavoured with illustrations from the pages of historical scientific papers, photographs and portraits...[Cartwright] writes with informed scientific judgement, authority and quiet enthusiasm." Times Literary Supplement
"David Cartwright [is] a world authority, and gives a magisterial account of how understanding has slowly replaced the mysteries of the tides. Detailed, erudite and clear." New Scientist
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This book provides a history of the study of the tides over two millennia, from the primitive ideas of the Ancient Greeks to present sophisticated space-age techniques. Tidal physics has puzzled some of the world's greatest scientists and mathematicians: amongst many others, Galileo, Descartes, Bacon, Kepler, Newton, Bernoulli, Euler, Laplace, Young, Whewell, Airy, Kelvin, G. Darwin, H. Lamb, have all contributed to our understanding of tides. The volume is amply illustrated with diagrams from historical scientific papers, photographs of artefacts, and portraits of some of the subject's leading protagonists. The history of the tides is in part the history of a broad area of science and the subject provides insight into the progress of science as a whole: this book will therefore appeal to all those interested in how scientific ideas develop. It will particularly interest specialists in oceanography, hydrography, geophysics, geodesy, astronomy and navigation.
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Excepting Mediterranean and Baltic communities, the daily pulse of the tide has always been familiar to those who live by a sea exposed to the oceans. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tidal science, cotidal maps, tidal research, amphidromic systems, cotidal lines, tide potential, tidal equations, pole tide, bottom pressure recorders, tide constituents, monthly inequality, equilibrium tide, lunar acceleration, tide maps, tidal braking, lunar hours, air tides, diurnal inequality, lunar ephemeris, internal tides, tide models, critical latitudes, tide predictor, tidal theory, tidal data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, New York, Arctic Ocean, English Channel, Mécanique Céleste, London Bridge, North Atlantic, World War, Coast Survey, Cambridge Univ, Irish Sea, William Whewell, Lord Kelvin, Pacific Ocean, Académie Royale des Sciences, Astronomer Royal, Isaac Newton, Jacques Cassini, Sir George Darwin, Sir Robert Moray, Southern Ocean, Walter Munk, Bering Sea New!
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Excepting Mediterranean and Baltic communities, the daily pulse of the tide has always been familiar to those who live by a sea exposed to the oceans. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tidal science, cotidal maps, tidal research, amphidromic systems, cotidal lines, tide potential, tidal equations, pole tide, bottom pressure recorders, tide constituents, monthly inequality, equilibrium tide, lunar acceleration, tide maps, tidal braking, lunar hours, air tides, diurnal inequality, lunar ephemeris, internal tides, tide models, critical latitudes, tide predictor, tidal theory, tidal data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, New York, Arctic Ocean, English Channel, Mécanique Céleste, London Bridge, North Atlantic, World War, Coast Survey, Cambridge Univ, Irish Sea, William Whewell, Lord Kelvin, Pacific Ocean, Académie Royale des Sciences, Astronomer Royal, Isaac Newton, Jacques Cassini, Sir George Darwin, Sir Robert Moray, Southern Ocean, Walter Munk, Bering Sea New!
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- Tidal Hydrodynamics by Bruce B. Parker on 4 pages
- Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology; Part 6, Medicine by Joseph Needham on page 10, page 12, and page 23
- The Solar System (3 Vol Set) (Magill's Choice) by Roger Smith on page 4, page 12, and page 23
- The Nautical Almanac by Nautical Almanac Office on page 98, page 103, and page 201
- Physical Oceanography by Albert Defant on page 127, page 176, and page 202
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- Practical Applied Mathematics: Modelling, Analysis, Approximation (Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics) by Sam Howison in Back Matter
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- Inverse Modeling of the Ocean and the Atmosphere by Andrew F. Bennett in Back Matter
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