Tides : the science and spirit of the ocean / Jonathan White ; foreword by Peter Matthiessen.
White, Jonathan, 1956-; Matthiessen, Peter, writer of foreword.
2017
GC301.2 .W48 2017eb
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Title Tides : the science and spirit of the ocean / Jonathan White ; foreword by Peter Matthiessen.
Author White, Jonathan, 1956-
ISBN 9781595348067 (electronic book)
1595348069 (electronic book)
1595348050
Publication Details San Antonio, Texas : Trinity University Press, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Call Number GC301.2 .W48 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.464
Summary "In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind at low tide; in China, he races the Silver Dragon, a twenty-five-foot tidal bore that crashes eighty miles up the Qiantang River; in France, he interviews the monks that live in the tide-wrapped monastery of Mont Saint-Michel; in Chile and Scotland, he investigates the growth of tidal power generation; and in Panama and Venice, he delves into how the threat of sea level rise is changing human culture-the very old and very new. Tides combines lyrical prose, colorful adventure travel, and provocative scientific inquiry into the elemental, mysterious paradox that keeps our planet's waters in constant motion. Photographs, scientific figures, line drawings, and sixteen color photos dramatically illustrate this engaging, expert tour of the tides"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Matthiessen, Peter, writer of foreword.
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Foreword / by Peter Matthiessen
In deep : an introduction
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.

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