You are here
Back to topThe Physics of Scuba Diving (Paperback)
$38.40
Special Order
Description
While exploring the wonders of scuba diving, this educational account teaches the scientific and mathematical principles associated with the sport. Explaining how water pressure affects divers and describing exponential growth and decay in this context, it will appeal not only to academics, but also to scuba instructors and divers. With countless computations and step-by-step justification of the mathematics of dive tables, this record is both informative and entertaining.
About the Author
Marlow Anderson is a professor of mathematics at Colorado College and an assistant diving instructor. He is the coauthor of Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History and Who Gave You the Epsilon? He lives in Manitou Springs, Colorado.