Physics for geologists

Richard E. Chapman

176 pages, parution le 30/01/2003 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

All geologists need a broad understanding of science to understand the processes they are studying and the analytical techniques they use. In particular, geology students need to grasp the basic physics that lies behind these processes, which this book provides in plain language and simple mathematics. It also gives the reader enough background physics to allow them to make up their own minds about the validity of what they read in the scientific literature or hear. There is an emphasis on water, an essential component of geology, on which there is much published error that is indiscernible without the background provided by this book.

This up-dated and revised edition of Richard Chapman's Physics for Geologists discusses a wide range of forces at work in geology against the background of Kepler's and Newton's laws; electromagnetic radiation from optics to gamma rays, atomic structure and age-dating, heat and heat flow, electricity and magnetism, stress and strain, sea waves, acoustics, and fluids and fluid flow. The book give basic definitions and dimensions and also some warnings about mis-understanding of mathematical statistics, particularly of linear regression analysis, and unenlightened computation.

Contents

Basic Concepts
Force
Gravity
Optics
Atomic Structure and Age-Dating
Electromagnetic Radiation
Heat and Heat Flow
Electricity and Magnetism
Stress and Strain
Sea Waves
Acoustics: Sound and Other Waves
Fluid and Fluid Flows
Some Dangers of Mathematical Statistics.

L'auteur - Richard E. Chapman

Richard Chapman's experience as a geologist, petroleum engineer, and stratigrapher, as well as an academic, has enabled him to produce a clear and practically-oriented book, that will be essential to those whose lack of physics in their background hampers their understanding of some aspects of geology.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Taylor and Francis Books
Auteur(s)	Richard E. Chapman
Parution	30/01/2003
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	176
Format	15,7 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	278g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415288057
ISBN13	978-0-415-28805-7