With Aldersey-Williams as our guide to the most feared and celebrated tidal features on the planet, from the original maelstr m in Scandinavia to the world's highest tides in Nova Scotia to the crumbling coast of East Anglia, the importance of the tide, and the way it has shaped - and will continue to shape - our civilization, becomes startlingly clear.
The Science and Lore of the Greatest Force on Earth
Paperback
Publication Date: 18/04/2017
Half of the world's population lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. Yet how little most of us know about the tide.
With Aldersey-Williams as our guide to the most feared and celebrated tidal features on the planet, from the original maelstr m in Scandinavia to the world's highest tides in Nova Scotia to the crumbling coast of East Anglia, the importance of the tide, and the way it has shaped - and will continue to shape - our civilization, becomes startlingly clear.
With Aldersey-Williams as our guide to the most feared and celebrated tidal features on the planet, from the original maelstr m in Scandinavia to the world's highest tides in Nova Scotia to the crumbling coast of East Anglia, the importance of the tide, and the way it has shaped - and will continue to shape - our civilization, becomes startlingly clear.
- ISBN:
- 9780241967980
- 9780241967980
- Category:
- Historical geography
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 18-04-2017
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 198x129x31mm
- Weight:
- 0.37kg
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