Tides

by Trinity Univ PR

Overview

Tides takes readers on a journey to discover the science and wonder of the world's largest, fastest, most dangerous and breathtaking tides. Writer, sailor, and conservationist Jonathan White hunts for arctic mussels at low tide, races a twenty-five-foot tidal bore, investigates tidal power generation, and examines the threats of sea level rise. Tides combines lyrical prose with travel adventure and cultural history with scientific inquiry to provide a deep understanding of the forces that keep the earth's waters in constant motion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781595348845
Publisher:	Trinity Univ PR
Publication date:	06/04/2018
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Peter Matthiessen xiii

In Deep: An Introduction 1

1 The Perfect Dance: Birds and Big Tides in the Bay of Fundy 13

2 Star of Our Life: A Meditation on Tide History at Mont Saint-Michel 44

3 Silver Dragon: China's Qiantang River Tidal Bore 75

4 The Last Magician: Sir Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution 97

5 Big Waves: Surfing Mavericks and Nineteenth-Century Tide Theories 126

6 Fast Water: How Tidal Currents Slow the Earth and Bend Time 159

7 Big Tides and Resonance: Fundy and Ungava 191

8 Turning the Tide: Grinding Wheat, Powering Homes 219

9 Higher Tides: Sea Level Rise from Kuna Yala to Venice 252

Acknowledgments 286

Image Credits 289

Glossary 290

Notes 294

Sources 309

Index 327