TY - BOOK AU - White,Jonathan AU - Matthiessen,Peter TI - Tides: The science and spirit of the ocean SN - 9781595348050 PY - 2017/// CY - San Antonio, Texas PB - Trinity University Press KW - Tides KW - Water KW - Ocean KW - Oceanography KW - Climatic changes N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-326) and index; 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 ER -