SIAM: Understanding Tides---From Ancient Beliefs to Present-day Solutions to the Laplace Equations

Understanding Tides---From Ancient Beliefs to Present-day Solutions to the Laplace Equations

March 15, 2000

Book Review
James Case

Tides: A Scientific History. By David E. Cartwright, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1999, 272 pages, $69.95.