Tides : a scientific history /
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| Author / Creator: | Cartwright, David Edgar, 1926- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. |
| Description: | xii, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3589835 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction - the overall pattern of enquiry
- 2. Early ideas and observations
- 3. What moon maketh a full sea?
- 4. Towards Newton
- 5. Newton and the Prize Essayists - the 'Equilibrium' theory
- 6. Measurements and empirical studies, 1650-1825
- 7. Laplace and the 19th century hydrodynamics
- 8. Local analysis and prediction in the 19th century
- 9. Towards a map of cotidal lines
- 10. Tides of the Geosphere - the birth of Geophysics
- 11. Tidal researches between the World Wars
- 12. 1950-1980 - The impact of automatic computers
- 13. The impact of instrument technology, 1960-1991
- 14. The impact of satellite geodesy, 1970-1995
- 15. Recent advances in miscellaneous topics, and final retrospect
- Appendices
- Index
