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Loading... The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth (original 2016; edition 2016)by Hugh Aldersey-Williams (Author)
Work InformationThe Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth by Hugh Aldersey-Williams (2016)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Very interesting, entertaining and informative. I learned many things, from iles flottantes, the behaviour of the tide at Euripus Straight and Aristotle, Seiches, wave shapes, rissages, vortices, Amphidromic points, bores, the coastline paradox, to tidal harmonics, and much more. The author relates personal experiences (often in East Anglia) of places around the world, with literature, fiction, science and history. ( ) no reviews | add a review
In The Tide, celebrated science writer Hugh Aldersey-Williams weaves together centuries of scientific thinking with the literature and folklore the tide has inspired to explain the power and workings of this most remarkable force. Here is the epic story of the long search to understand the tide: from Aristotle, who is said to have drowned himself in his efforts to figure out the Greek tides, to the pioneering investigations into the role of the moon by Galileo and Newton, to the quest to understand and even control the tide in our own time. Throughout, Aldersey-Williams whisks the reader along on his travels in search of the most remarkable tidal phenomena. He visits the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, where the tides are the strongest in the world; arctic Norway, home of the raging tidal whirlpool known as the maelstrom; and Venice, to investigate efforts to defend the city against flooding caused by the famed Acqua Alta. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)551.46Natural sciences and mathematics Earth sciences & geology Geology, Hydrology Meteorology Surface features of the earth OceansLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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