A Book of Waves 9781478024538

Drawing on ethnographic work among oceanographers and coastal engineers in the Netherlands, the United States, Australia

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A Book of Waves
9781478024538

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Stefan Helmreich

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Foreword
Preliminary. Forward and Back
Preface. Wave Clutter
PLATES
Introduction. Significant Waves
Chapter One. From the Waterwolf to the Sand Motor
Chapter Two. Flipping the Ship
Chapter Three. Waves to Order and Disorder
Chapter Four. World Wide Waves, In Silico
Chapter Five. Wave Theory, Southern Theory
Postface. The Ends of Waves
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index

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