Anastasios Tsonis

This is a self-contained, concise, rigorous book introducing the reader to the basics of atmospheric thermodynamics. This new edition has been brought completely up to date and reorganized to improve the quality and flow of the material. The introductory chapters provide definitions and useful mathematical and physical notes to help readers understand the basics. The book then describes the topics relevant to atmospheric processes, including the properties of moist air and atmospheric stability. It concludes with a brief introduction to the problem of weather forecasting and the relevance of thermodynamics. Each chapter contains worked examples and student exercises, with solutions available to instructors on a password protected website at www.cambridge.org/9780521796767. The author has taught atmospheric thermodynamics for over 20 years and is a highly respected researcher. This book is an ideal text for short undergraduate courses taken as part of an atmospheric science, meteorology, physics or natural science program.

"This book is a unique blend of poetry and prose written in a way that reflects the author's attempt to create an environment where his life experiences and education coexist. Where his personal feelings and life events, mathematics, physics, and art, come together to produce a book unlike any other. The book consists of 28 pieces and each one includes one or two paintings or photos, which reflect the desires, emotions, humor, and other strong feelings of the poem or story. This is a book where randomness and reason emerge as part of the world we leave in." SAMPLE POEM: ODE TO AN IDENTICAL TWINThe softer and the harderThe sensitive and the indifferentThe emotional and the reasonableThe calm and the upsetThe poet and the writerThe weaker and the strongerThe unlucky and the luckyI cheated you I took moreAnd you were left with lessYou were the weakerI was the strongerI cheated youBut you never complainedBecause you loved meEven a small uphill creates a noticeable windHow then can I not notice you? Fading face Eyes drifting into the darkness of futureCome find me you sayI will wait for you, you sayYou took the moon awayAnd now it's always dark at night A rainbow missing one color You touch me and I feel I exist I want you backJust for a secondA second Too much to ask? Parallel loveInfinite the distanceBut for one momentI wishYou cross to my universeAnd touch me Just for the smallest unit of time Whatever that isI dance for youA zeibekikoIn the space-time floorYou in some other universeSuspended in timeLooking at me through our photo togetherLaughing at my styleBecause I want to be funnyTo make you smileIn that parallel lineWhich will never meet my lineBut really who cares? We are very close parallelsWe live for ever Passing from universe to universeAnd are togetherIn every dream