320 Pages
102 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
320 Pages
102 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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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,... Read more
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;
Biography
Clare Smith was formerly a Lecturer at Imperial College London and the University of Sunderland, and is now a freelance Environmental Consultant.
