| Description |
1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations, maps, portrait |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292). |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1: HIGH WATER AND HISTORY: India, China, and How the Ancient World Learned about the Moon and Tides; CHAPTER 2: LIVING BY THE TIDES: Author's Daily Activities Run in Sync with the Local Tide Tables; CHAPTER 3: HEAVEN AND EARTH: The Renaissance and Isaac Newton's Great Breakthrough in Tidal Theory; CHAPTER 4: INTO THE MAELSTROM: Powerful Tidal Currents Generate Killer Whirlpools; CHAPTER 5: THE SHAPE OF TIDES: The Great Variety of Shorelines Created by Different Tidal Regimes. |
| Summary |
Drawing on history, science, and personal memories, Koppel demonstrates the complexity of tides and how they affect all our lives. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Koppel, Tom.
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Koppel, Tom. |
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Koppel, Tom. |
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Koppel, Tom. |
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Tides.
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Tides. |
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Tidal currents.
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Tidal currents. |
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Tide-predictors.
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Tide-predictors. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Koppel, Tom. Ebb and flow. Toronto : Dundurn, ©2007 9781550027266 1550027263 (DLC) 2007534684 (OCoLC)159897401 |
| ISBN |
9781554881482 (electronic book) |
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155488148X (electronic book) |
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1550027263 (paperback) |
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9781550027266 (paperback) |
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9781550027266 (paperback) |
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