By
Daniel Hillel, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Description
This book is a unified, condensed, and simplified version of the recently issued twin volumes,
Fundamentals of Soil Physics
and
Applications of Soil Physics. Nonessential topics and complexities have been deleted, and little prior knowledge
of the subject is assumed. An effort has been made to provide an elementary, readable, and self-sustaining description of the soil's
physical properties and of the manner in which these properties govern the processes taking place in the field. Consideration is given
to the ways in which the soil's processes can be influenced, for better or for worse, by man. Sample problems are provided in an attempt
to illustrate how the abstract principles embodied in mathematical equations can be applied in practice. The author hope that the present
version will be more accessible to students than its precursors and that it might serve to arouse their interest in the vital science
of soil physics.
Audience:
Undergraduate students in the agronomic, horticultural, silvicultural, environmental, and engineering sciences.
