The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth

"Superb. . . . A gently studious Bill Bryson crossed with an upbeat and relaxed WG Sebald."-James McConnachie, Sunday Times (UK)

Half of the world's population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a mystery to almost all of us. 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 wo...