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From "Physics Today"
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2011 Sep 14, 22:47 -0700
From: Peter Hakel
Date: 2011 Sep 14, 22:47 -0700
Two articles from the latest "Physics Today" may be of interest to this list. One is about the prediction of tides on D-day, the other one about Tycho and Kepler, including a discussion of the refraction correction.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1259
Peter Hakel
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1259
Peter Hakel