Where the River Flows: Scientific Reflections on Earth's Waterways
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Publishing Details
Where the River Flows: Scientific Reflections on Earth's Waterways
By (Author) Sean W. Fleming
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd May 2017
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Applied physics
551.483
Physical Properties
Hardback
216
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
397g
Description
The vital interconnections that rivers share with the land, the sky, and us Rivers are essential to civilization and even life itself, yet how many of us truly understand how they work Why do rivers run where they do Where do their waters actually come from How can the same river flood one year and then dry up the next Where the River Flows ta
Reviews
"[A] deft primer, brim with surprises when viewed through a physics lens."--Barbara Kiser, Nature "[Fleming] engenders a new appreciation for the waterways around us."--Library Journal "Fleming's decades of experience shine through in this book. Abstract physics concepts feel more relevant when applied to concrete phenomena that readers can visualize."--Laurel Hamers, Science News
Author Bio
Sean W. Fleming has two decades of experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors in the United States, Canada, England, and Mexico, ranging from oil exploration to operational river forecasting to glacier science. He holds faculty positions in the geophysical sciences at the University of British Columbia and Oregon State University.
