Whether after tsunamis in Japan and Indonesia, hurricanes like Katrina and Sandy, typhoons in the Philippines, or even during search efforts after this month’s lost Malaysian Airlines flight, waves have been the focus of many urgent conversations in the past decade. Anyone who has a home on or near a coastline is talking more these days about the simple calculus of storm surges, beach erosion, and sea level rise than ever before.

Fredric Raichlen SM ’55, ScD '62, a civil engineering professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology, discusses his new book, Waves, in this Alum Books Podcast episode.

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