| Author: | James Trefil |
| Pub Date: | 1984 |
A Scientist at the Seashore is a 1984 book written by American physicist James Trefil. It is Trefil's fourth book.
A noted physicist and popular science writer heads for the beach to answer common and uncommon questions about the ocean: why the sea is salty, how bubbles form on the water's surface, where waves come from, and other curiosities of the marine world.