And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air

by Bill Streever

Book Overview

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

Scientist and bestselling nature writer Bill Streever goes to any extreme to explore wind -- the winds that built empires, the storms that wreck them -- by traveling right through it. Narrating from a fifty-year-old sailboat, Streever leads readers through the world's first forecasts, Chaos Theory, and a future affected by climate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316410608
• ISBN13: 9780316410601
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.6"