Waves and Rays in Seismology: Answers to Unasked Questions

by Michael A. Slawinski

The author dedicates this book to readers who are concerned with finding out the status of concepts, statements and hypotheses, and with clarifying and rearranging them in a logical order. It is thus not intended to teach tools and techniques of the trade, but to discuss the foundations on which seismology -- and in a larger sense, the theory of wave propagation in solids -- is built. A key question is: why and to what degree can a theory developed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814644803
• ISBN13: 9789814644808
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"