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And Soon I Heard A Roaring Wind Bill Streever

And Soon I Heard A Roaring Wind By Bill Streever

And Soon I Heard A Roaring Wind by Bill Streever


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A thrilling exploration of the science and history of wind from the bestselling author of Cold.

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And Soon I Heard A Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air by Bill Streever

Wind: you feel it every day, but you never think about its place shaping history. Scientist and bestselling nature writer Bill Streever goes to any extreme to explore wind--the winds that built empires, the storms that wreck them. Narrating from a 50-year-old sailboat, Streever travels from Texas to Guatamala leading readers through the world's first forecasts, Chaos Theory, and a future affected by changing weather. Along the way, he shares stories of wind-riding spiders, wind-sculpted landscapes, wind-generated power, wind-tossed airplanes, storms, early maps, WWII and the Wright Brothers, dunes and the Dust Bowl, shipwrecks, windmills and wars, drawing from history, business, science, and travel.
AND SOON I HEARD A ROARING WIND is an effortless personal narrative featuring the keen observations, scientific rigor, and whimsy that readers love.

About Bill Streever

Bill Streever is the author of the national bestseller Cold and Heat. He chairs the North Slope Science Initiative's Science Technical Advisory Panel in Alaska and serves on many related committees, including a climate change advisory panel. A biologist, he lives with his son in Anchorage, where he hikes, bikes, camps, scuba dives, and cross country skies, as often as the weather allows.

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GOR012474856
9780316410601
0316410608
And Soon I Heard A Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air by Bill Streever
Used - Like New
Hardback
Little, Brown & Company
20161027
320
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