Thunder & lightning : weather past, present, future
Redniss, Lauren2016
Books, Manuscripts
A howling wind, a thunderstorm, the beating sun - it's with the elements that nature shows its true force and wonder. In 'Thunder & Lightning', Guggenheim fellow and Pulitzer nominee Lauren Redniss draws a new account of the weather. She has travelled from the frozen archipelagos of the Arctic Ocean to the 'absolute desert' of Atacoma, Chile, to show us the elements at their most extreme. Along the way, through interviews and research, she has unearthed curious stories of exploration, savagery and coincidence - stories which show us how weather has shaped humanity, intervened in the course of history, and how mankind, in turn, has tried to bend the weather to its ends.
Main title:
Thunder & lightning : weather past, present, future / Lauren Redniss.
Author:
Redniss, Lauren, author
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2016.
Collation:
257 pages : illustrations (colour), map (colour) ; 30 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Random House, 2015.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780224096751 (hbk)
Dewey class:
551.5
LC class:
QC981.2
Local class:
551.5
Language:
English
BRN:
1368657