No comments about Seismic Tomography: With Applications in Global Seismology and Exploration Geophysics (Modern Approaches in Geophysics).

No comments about Hydrogeophysics (Water Science and Technology Library).

2 comments about Fundamentals of Geophysics.

1. This book is what its title says "FUNDAMENTALS", I think it's a pre-basic book about Geophysics. There are other books better than this one, i.e. Telford's "Applied Geophysics" and Garland's "Introduction to Geophysics" (this is what Mr. Lowrie says).



2. I tried to use this book as an "updated" textbook for an introductory course on Physics of the Earth (second year geophysics major) I had to taught. Since my area of research is paleomagnetism and rock magnetism the name of William Lowrie was sort of a guarantee that the book would be good. However, in the middle of the term I had to switch back to the "great classics", namely Stacey's and Garland's books. There are several problems with this book, firstly most of the formulae are presented out of the blues without a comprehensive deduction. That is not the most serious problem though, I also found several mistakes in the 2000 edition (I do not know if further editions took care of these problems). Some of these mistakes are pretty serious. As an example: he states that the international formula for the gravity normal to the Earth's ellipsoid derives directly from MacCullah's formula. That is not correct since in MacCullah's formula the centrifugal term coming from Earth's rotation is not considered!!!! There are also lots of minor mistakes related to missing terms in several formulae and derivatives. I did not touch the chapters related to geomagnetism and rock magnetism but I gather they should be the best in the whole book (I really hope so!!!!) since that is precisely William Lowrie's field of research. However I would not recommend this book at all.

1 comments about Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Production of Entropy: Life, Earth, and Beyond (Understanding Complex Systems).

1. I saw this book reviewed in Nature magazine. It had a rave review there, so I bought a copy. I wasn't dissapointed, this is a reprint of all the seminal papers on the subject of MEP (Maximum Entropy Production). It is a modern version of Schroedinger's famous book - "What is Life".
   
   My only wish is that the book could be a little MORE mathematically complete.

1 comments about Digital Photogrammetry: A Practical Course.

1. This book can seem a bit overwhelming at first. It is not a book you read quickly and completely understand. It can be time consuming. The software that is included is decent though, considering the book was a hundred bucks.

No comments about Parameter Estimation and Hypothesis Testing in Linear Models.

No comments about Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows: Their Structure and Measurement.

No comments about Cratering in Marine Environments and on Ice (Impact Studies).

1 comments about An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation, Volume 84, Second Edition (International Geophysics).

1. Good book for both undergrads and grads. also helpful as a reference book for researchers.

No comments about Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification.