{"product_id":"unearthing-fermis-geophysics-hardcover","title":"Unearthing Fermi's Geophysics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGino C. Segrè\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn D. Stack\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollow Nobel laureate and legendary teacher Enrico Fermi's lost course on geophysics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-54) is known for his work on experimental particle and nuclear physics, quantum theory, and statistical mechanics, and for his particular ability to condense complicated problems into approximations for understanding and testing theory in a variety of scientific disciplines. Six of his graduate students went on to win their own Nobel Prizes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnearthing Fermi's Geophysics\u003c\/i\u003e opens a window onto two underrepresented facets of this extraordinary thinker: Fermi's teaching and his contribution to the field of geophysics. Drawing on Fermi's handwritten calculations and notes, many of which are reproduced here in photographic facsimile, physicists Gino Segrè and John Stack have reconstructed a coursebook of Fermi's insights into the physics of a range of geological and atmospheric phenomena. From gravity on Earth to thermodynamics in the atmosphere, the physics of raindrops, the Coriolis effect in hurricanes, tidal physics, earthquakes and seismic waves, Earth's magnetism, atmospheric electricity, and much more, \u003ci\u003eUnearthing Fermi's Geophysics\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the hidden workings of the world above, around, and below us--and of the mind of a great scientist who was able to bring those physical workings to light.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGino Segrè\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus in and former chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. Most recently he is coauthor with Bettina Hoerlin of \u003ci\u003eThe Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJohn Stack \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emeritus and former associate head for graduate programs in physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.58 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47380824064249,"sku":"9780226805146","price":61.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NjQvd1BYM1FCMm0vdGJMdkdqV3M3QT09.webp?v=1770066783","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/unearthing-fermis-geophysics-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}