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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kim McCoy , Willard Newell BascomPublisher: Patagonia Books Imprint: Patagonia Books Edition: 3rd edition ISBN: 9781938340956ISBN 10: 1938340957 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 29 April 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition Prologue I) Introduction II) Ideal Waves III) Wind Waves IV) Waves in Shallow Water V) Tides and Seiches VI) Impulsively Generated Waves VII) Ship Motions and Ship Losses VIII) Measuring Waves, Making Waves and related Instrumentation IX) Energy from the Ocean X) The Surf XI) Beaches – Where the Surf Meets the Sediment XII) The Littoral Conveyor Belt XIII) Man Against the Sea XIV) Storms and Waves in Literature EpilogueReviewsWillard Bascom is a man with a sense of humor as well as an ability to write in such a way that any layman can understand what he's talking about. Anyone who loves beaches and the sea, and wants to understand them better will enjoy this book. --www.tsunamirangers.com Willard Bascom is a man with a sense of humor as well as an ability to write in such a way that any layman can understand what he's talking about. Anyone who loves beaches and the sea, and wants to understand them better will enjoy this book. --www.tsunamirangers.com What The Joy of Cooking is to home chefs, Waves and Beaches has been to sea lovers for nearly sixty years. . . .Four hundred pages stuffed with physics illustrations, encyclopedic text, and gorgeous photography makes for essential reading that belongs on the bookshelves of all coastal explorers. -- Adventure Journal Willard Bascom is a man with a sense of humor as well as an ability to write in such a way that any layman can understand what he's talking about. Anyone who loves beaches and the sea, and wants to understand them better will enjoy this book. --www.tsunamirangers.com What The Joy of Cooking is to home chefs, Waves and Beaches has been to sea lovers for nearly sixty years. . . .Four hundred pages stuffed with physics illustrations, encyclopedic text, and gorgeous photography makes for essential reading that belongs on the bookshelves of all coastal explorers. -- Adventure Journal A book every real surfer should own... Waves and Beaches earns our highest recommendation. -- The Surfer's Journal Author InformationKim McCoy's ocean research began where the land and sea merge - with surf zone wave dynamics and continues today with the coastal effects of climate change. Expeditions from the tropics to polar oceans with multinational academic, commercial and governmental institutions helped Kim pioneer advances in instrumentation, underwater communications, autonomous underwater vehicles and free-diving. Educated in Germany, France and the US, Kim was presented with the Scientific Achievement Award in 2018 for his work as a Principle Scientist with NATO in Italy. Prior to Italy, Kim managed Ocean Sensors, Inc., was the Marine Technology Society Chair for Oceanographic Instrumentation and was awarded several patents. Kim is fluent in multiple languages. He has been seduced by beaches and observed waves on all seven continents; smeared in the fluid mud of the Amazon, journeyed along the Mekong, Nile and Mississippi Deltas, traveled the Australian coastline, plunged into the Antarctic Ocean (without a wetsuit), crossed the Pacific, Atlantic, Drake's Passage on ships and sailed a boat from Africa to the Caribbean. The adventure continues: Kim recently completed an Ironman and will continue to swim, dive, surf, rock climb and paraglide until motion stops, viscosity ceases, buoyancy is overwhelmed. Kim lives in San Diego. Willard Newell Bascom (November 7, 1916 in New York City – September 20, 2000 in San Diego, California) was an engineer, adventurer and scientist, as well as a writer, photographer, painter, miner, cinematographer, and archeologist, who first proposed using Neoprene for wetsuits to fellow scientist Hugh Bradner. He authored several books, which include the topics of waves, geology, archaeology, poetry, and oceanography. In his book Deep Water, Ancient Ships he first proposed the hypothesis that anoxic water in the Black Sea would preserve ancient Black Sea shipwrecks. He led the first test drillings for Project Mohole, and was project director from 1960-1962. Bascom was a consultant to the Advisory Committee on Government Organization. He also served as the Technical Director of the Advisory Committee on Civil Defense of the National Academy of Science and National Research Council. He is the original author of Waves and Beaches, originally published in 1963 and reissued in 1979 (Anchor). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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