Introduction;
Gravity and precession of the earth;
Thermodynamics of the earth's atmosphere;
Loss of planetary atmosphere;
Liquid drop physics;
Coriolis effects in the earth's atmosphere;
Thermal properties and radiation at the earth's surface;
Thermal properties of the ocean;
Gravity waves;
Tide physics;
General properties of earthquakes;
Seismic waves and seismology;
Surface seismic waves and oscillations of the earth;
Radioactivity and the earth's interior;
The physics of heat flow in the earth;
Earth magnetism;
Atmospheric electricity;
Waves and plasma in the earth's high atmosphere

"Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) is known for his work on experimental particle physics, quantum theory, and statistical mechanics; his contributions to the Manhattan Project during World War II; and for his particular ability to condense complicated problems into approximations for understanding and testing theory in a variety of scientific disciplines. This book is unusual for two reasons; first it is essentially a reconstructed course book from Fermi's notes by two physics professors, Gino Segrè and John Stack, including photographic facsimiles of Fermi's handwritten calculations. Second, it is on a topic, geophysics, that we do not usually associate with Fermi"-- Provided by publisher