Unearthing Fermi's geophysics : based on Enrico Fermi's geophysics lectures of 1941 /: based on Enrico Fermi's geophysics lectures of 1941. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gino Segrè and John Stack.
• Authors: Segrè, Gino; (Physicist), Stack, John
• Other Names: Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954
• Contents: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Fermi's Notes -- 1.2 Plan of the Book -- 2. Gravity and the Earth -- 2.1 The Earth's Gravity -- 2.2 Earth's Gravitational Potential -- 2.3 Pressure at the Center of the Earth -- 2.4 The Moments of Inertia of the Earth -- 2.5 Motions of the Earth's Axis -- 2.6 Equinoxes and Solstices -- 2.7 Precession of the Equinoxes -- 2.8 Free Rotational Motion -- 3. Heat and the Atmosphere -- 3.1 First Law of Thermodynamics -- 3.2 State Variables -- 3.3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 3.4 Ideal Gas -- 3.5 Chemical Potential 3.6 The Boundary between Phases -- 3.7 Moist Air -- 3.8 Atmospheric Composition and Temperature -- 3.9 Temperature vs. Altitude -- 3.10 The Upper Atmosphere -- 4. Atmospheric Loss -- 4.1 Maxwell Distribution -- 4.2 Escape Velocity -- 4.3 Lifetime of Atmosphere -- 4.4 Magnitude of Particle Losses -- 4.5 Helium -- 4.6 Speed of Sound -- 5. Liquid Drop Physics -- 5.1 Vapor Pressure and Raindrops -- 5.2 Liquid Drops Affect Vapor Pressure -- 5.3 Properties of Falling Raindrops -- 6. Coriolis Effects -- 6.1 The Coriolis Force -- 6.2 Coriolis Effects in the Atmosphere -- 6.3 Hurricanes 7. Radiation at the Surface -- 7.1 Surface of the Earth -- 7.2 Crust of the Earth -- 7.3 Composition of the Oceans -- 7.4 Surface Temperature Equilibrium -- 7.5 Black Body Radiation -- 7.6 Planck's Formula -- 7.7 Special Cases -- 8. Ocean Properties -- 8.1 Heat Current -- 8.2 The Heat Equation -- 8.3 Diurnal Temperature Variation -- 8.4 Temperature of Seawater -- 8.5 Ocean Circulation -- 9. Gravity Waves -- 9.1 Dispersion Relations -- 9.2 Euler's Equation -- 9.3 Small Amplitude Surface Waves -- 10. Tide Physics -- 10.1 Effects of the Moon -- 10.2 The Tidal Potential -- 10.3 Water-Covered Earth 10.4 Time Dependence of Tides -- 10.5 Tides on Lakes and Seas -- 11. Earthquake Properties -- 12. Seismic Waves -- 12.1 Elementary Seismographs -- 12.2 Seismic Waves -- 12.3 Strain and the Strain Tensor -- 12.4 Stress and the Stress Tensor -- 12.5 Hooke's Law -- 12.6 Young's Modulus and Poisson's Ratio -- 12.7 Stress and Strain -- 12.8 Newton's Law in a Solid -- 12.9 The Equation of Motion for Displacement -- 12.10 Longitudinal and Transverse -- 12.11 Snell's Law for Elastic Waves -- 13. Surface Seismic Waves -- 13.1 Surface Waves -- 13.2 Oscillations of the Earth -- 13.3 Breather Mode 14. Radioactivity -- 14.1 Historical Note -- 14.2 The Sixth Washington Conference -- 14.3 The Earth's Density -- 14.4 Estimates of the Age of the Earth -- 14.5 Radioactive Decay Equation -- 14.6 Radioactivity within the Earth -- 14.7 Uranium Decays -- 14.8 Radioactive Dating -- 15. Heat Flow in the Earth -- 15.1 Surface Heat Variations -- 15.2 Heat at the Earth's Surface -- 15.3 Scales in Heat Conduction -- 15.4 Heat Equilibrium -- 16. Earth Magnetism -- 16.1 Units -- 16.2 Magnetic Moments -- 16.3 Magnetic Field of the Earth -- 16.4 Earth Magnetization -- 16.5 Rotation of Charges
• Publisher Details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 550; Geophysics; Géophysique; geophysics; Geophysics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226805283
• Related ISBNs: 022680528X; 9780226805146
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 22, 2022).
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