Tides : The science and spirit of the ocean / Jonathan Whited ; foreword by Peter Matthiessen.
| Author/creator |
White, Jonathan, 1956- author. |
| Other author/creator | Matthiessen, Peter writer of forward. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | San Antonio, Texas : Trinity University Press, [2017] |
| Description | xvi, 335 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly black and white), maps ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | The perfect dance: birds and big tides in the Bay of Fundy -- Star of our life: a meditation on tide history at Mont Saint-Michel -- Silver dragon: China's Qiantang River tidal bore -- The last magician: Sir Isaac Newton and the scientific revolution -- Big waves: surfing mavericks and nineteenth-century tide theories -- Fast water: how tidal currents slow the Earth and bend time -- Big tides and resonance: Fundy and Ungava -- Turning the tide: grinding wheat, powering homes -- Higher tides: sea level rise from Kuna Yala to Venice. |
| General note | Includes index and glossary. |
| ISBN | 9781595348050 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1595348050 hardcover |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | GC301.2 .W45 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |