The Physics of Scuba Diving

Marlow Anderson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

150 Seiten

2011
Nottingham University Press (Verlag)
978-1-907284-78-6 (ISBN)

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This book provides a fun introduction to the mathematics and physics needed to really understand scuba diving; it was written by an enthusiastic scuba diver, who is also a mathematician. The book is written for the lay person, and assumes only a willingness to express basic scientific relationships using mathematical equations. The book describes all of the basics regarding pressure, depth and density, covered more completely than in the typical open water diving course. But in addition, it looks at the mathematical background for dive tables and dive computers, tools divers use to avoid getting decompression sickness. The book explains the basic Haldane theory of nitrogen on-gassing and off-gassing, in more depth than is found in the popular literature. The book would appeal to divers interested in a bit more background that is available in the popular literature, and to people interested in how basic science and mathematics has a large impact on the sport of scuba diving. The book has been used as a textbook for a popular introduction to mathematical thinking.

A professor of maths at The Colorado College, in Colorado Springs, Marlow received his undergraduate degree from Whitman College, studied algebra at the University of Kansas and received his PhD in 1978. He has co-authored a technical monograph and a textbook in maths, and has co-edited two books on its history. Scuba diving since 1996, he became a PADI assistant instructor in diving in 1998, and has been able to share his passion for both maths and scuba diving with many students.

Preface * Pressure * Buoyancy * Boyle's Law * Ideal Gas Laws * Water * The Exponential Function * Modeling Nitrogen Absorption * The Bends * The Navy dive Tables * The Mathematics of the Navy Tables * Variations on Table Use * Recreational Diving * Appendix A: Units of Measurement * Appendix B: Specific Gravity * Appendix C: Air * Appendix D: Rules of Exponents * Appendix E: The US Navy Dive Tables * Bibliography and suggestions for Further Reading * Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.2011
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
ISBN-10	1-907284-78-8 / 1907284788
ISBN-13	978-1-907284-78-6 / 9781907284786
Zustand	Neuware