The Tide, Hugh Aldersey Williams
The Tide, Hugh Aldersey Williams
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The Tide
The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth

Author: Hugh Aldersey Williams

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 11 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2016


Synopsis

Here is the epic story of the centuries-long search to understand the tide: from Aristotle, said to have drowned himself when he failed to figure out the Greek tides, to the pioneering investigations into the role of the moon by Galileo and Newton, to supercomputing in our own time. Celebrated science writer Hugh Aldersey-Williams whisks the reader along his travels to Nova Scotia, where the tides are the strongest in the world; to arctic Norway, home of the raging tidal whirlpool known as the maelstrom; and to Venice, to explore efforts to defend against the famed acqua alta. Along the way, Aldersey-Williams reveals the tidal truths behind the legends of Scylla and Charybdis, the story of Moses parting the Red Sea, the conquests of Julius Caesar, the Boston Tea Party, and the D-Day landings in Normandy.

About Hugh Aldersey Williams

Hugh Aldersey-Williams is the author of numerous books on architecture, design, and science, including Panicology and The Most Beautiful Molecule, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He lives in Norfolk, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary

A very good book for anyone who has spent time by the sea and wondered about the tides. Aldersey-Williams takes us along as he watches the tide come in, and then presents much scientific information in a very understandable and intriguing manner. This is a book my husband gave me a few years ago, bu......more

Goodreads review by Steve

Science writing is a gift. I suspect Mary Roach has made it pretty difficult for everybody else, but Hugh Aldersey-Williams gave me plenty to think about here. Unless you're cut off from the route home by tides, most of us think of them seldom. There have been times, once or twice while living in th......more

Goodreads review by Anna

Op zich een erg leuk boek over het getij. Soms wat oeverloos.......more