The Resource And soon I heard a roaring wind : a natural history of moving air, Bill Streever
And soon I heard a roaring wind : a natural history of moving air, Bill Streever
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- Summary
- The gnashing teeth of an oncoming storm. Wind-launched missiles and wind-tossed airplanes. Sand dunes and the Dust Bowl, shipwrecks and wind-riding spiders, weather forecasting, wind power, windmills, and wars; on page after page of his brisk and fascinating book, Bill Streever reveals wind's real nature--and its history-shaping force. Seeking a deep immersion in his subject, Streever will go to any extreme. So, after a three-day course, this novice sailor set out on a vintage fifty-year-old sailboat named after Don Quixote's horse, and sailed east from Texas to Guatemala over 43 days and 1000 miles. How better to explore and experience the winds that built empires, the storms that wrecked them, and the surprising history and science of moving air? From history's great violent storms to the impacts of weather on life and business, from wind's energy to its power to give and destroy life, this is a thrilling read.--Adapted from dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Contents
-
- The voyage
- The forecast
- Theorists
- Initial conditions
- The numbers
- The model
- The computation
- Chaos
- The ensemble
- Afloat in the candle's light
- Isbn
- 9780316410601
- Label
- And soon I heard a roaring wind : a natural history of moving air
- Title
- And soon I heard a roaring wind
- Title remainder
- a natural history of moving air
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill Streever
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The gnashing teeth of an oncoming storm. Wind-launched missiles and wind-tossed airplanes. Sand dunes and the Dust Bowl, shipwrecks and wind-riding spiders, weather forecasting, wind power, windmills, and wars; on page after page of his brisk and fascinating book, Bill Streever reveals wind's real nature--and its history-shaping force. Seeking a deep immersion in his subject, Streever will go to any extreme. So, after a three-day course, this novice sailor set out on a vintage fifty-year-old sailboat named after Don Quixote's horse, and sailed east from Texas to Guatemala over 43 days and 1000 miles. How better to explore and experience the winds that built empires, the storms that wrecked them, and the surprising history and science of moving air? From history's great violent storms to the impacts of weather on life and business, from wind's energy to its power to give and destroy life, this is a thrilling read.--Adapted from dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Streever, Bill
- Dewey number
- 551.518
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC931
- LC item number
- .S77 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Winds
- Winds
- Winds
- Winds
- Air
- Atmosphere
- Weather
- Meteorology
- Label
- And soon I heard a roaring wind : a natural history of moving air, Bill Streever
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-299) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The voyage -- The forecast -- Theorists -- Initial conditions -- The numbers -- The model -- The computation -- Chaos -- The ensemble -- Afloat in the candle's light
- Control code
- ocn928613953
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316410601
- Lccn
- 2016930854
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)928613953
- Label
- And soon I heard a roaring wind : a natural history of moving air, Bill Streever
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-299) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The voyage -- The forecast -- Theorists -- Initial conditions -- The numbers -- The model -- The computation -- Chaos -- The ensemble -- Afloat in the candle's light
- Control code
- ocn928613953
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 308 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316410601
- Lccn
- 2016930854
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)928613953
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