The tide : the science and stories behind the greatest force on Earth / Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
The tide : the science and stories behind the greatest force on Earth / Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
The tide : the science and stories behind the greatest force on Earth / Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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G 2017/2746
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
368 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
To view the lazy tide -- Beyond the micromareal -- Shores of ignorance -- No path through water -- Terra infirma -- Thames mud -- Tides of commerce -- A place of resonance -- In great waters -- Nature's free ride -- Into the maelstrom -- Signal and noise -- Diluvion.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Date Published
2016.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
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 i...
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The tide : the science and stories behind the greatest force on Earth / Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
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General note
"First published in Great Britain under the title 'Tide: the science and lore of the greatest force on Earth'"--Title-page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-356) and index.
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G 2017/2746
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74VKVaQx6xEZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQx6xEZ
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ISBN
9780393241631
DDC
551.464
MMS ID
991024104414902626
