Air and Water

René Moreau is emeritus professor at Grenoble Institute of Technology, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and a member of the French Academy of Technology. He is a recognized specialist in the field of fluid mechanics, notably in magnetohydrodynamics, and the author of several books and more than 150 other publications on these subjects. This book was born of his desire to share his love of nature and of his wonderment of the phenomena it displays. As he says in the prologue: In essence, I hope to give the reader feeling that I am telling a beautiful story and of transmitting a sense of my awe and wonder of it all.From 1990 until 2012 he was the Series Editor of the Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications Bookseries, http://www.springer.com/series/5980

“Moreau (emer., Grenoble Institute of Technology, France) has produced a wide-ranging overview of the world’s atmosphere and waters, and of issues and phenomena pertaining to them. … book includes many helpful color photos, charts, graphs, and drawings, as well as an extensive glossary. Summing Up: Recommended. …Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.” (A. C. Prendergast, Choice, Vol. 56 (2), October, 2018)

• The atmosphere at rest.- The atmosphere in movement.- The vagaries of the atmosphere.- Heavier than air, how can they fly?.- The tranquil sea.- The sea that we see dancing.- Rivers and streams.- Lakes, dams, and major works.- Epilogue.- Appendix: Instabilities and turbulence.- Glossary.- Index.